From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c406e0c4a6eb74ed X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!news-mue1.dfn.de!news-ham1.dfn.de!news.uni-hamburg.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:48:59 +0000 (UTC) Organization: GMUGHDU Message-ID: References: <49dc98cf.0408110556.18ae7df@posting.google.com> <1092233689.719755@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <2nutq5F4sdqqU1@uni-berlin.de> <5ksXc.22738$_H5.696424@news20.bellglobal.com> <4134A884.50909@cogeco.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de X-Trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 1093974539 10369 134.91.1.34 (31 Aug 2004 17:48:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:48:59 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.00 (9000/800)) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3218 Date: 2004-08-31T17:48:59+00:00 List-Id: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: : It can, if the code executing prior to it has : redefined "neg" for example. This is all beside : the point, because anyone can produce small : examples. They don't prove anything in general. OK, if the meaning of predefined identifiers if changed, there is nothing to prove. OTOH, there is nothing to be tested in such a language, because you could as well assume that the value of an expression is a function of time... -- Georg