From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Learning Ada Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:00:47 +0200 Organization: Also freenews.netfront.net; news.tornevall.net; news.eternal-september.org Message-ID: References: <1dab8412-0ff6-4081-b973-783167a37e6cn@googlegroups.com> <620a8fb2-758c-4bca-b4d3-f2e49fce3703n@googlegroups.com> <871rj2cy61.fsf@nightsong.com> <211a3c48-447a-4d23-840d-d868da44f740n@googlegroups.com> <877dsrmv8f.fsf@gaheris.vdwege.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:00:46 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="6ec9681f410800adf1054a1c26619df4"; logging-data="2858"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+5Jcav4L+CiWb0CaSbg2OhwjwCM+eiEKw=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2rd/s3S/v4YbfxFGriiZqc4TZCY= In-Reply-To: <877dsrmv8f.fsf@gaheris.vdwege.eu> Content-Language: en-US Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:60192 List-Id: On 9/18/20 8:53 AM, Mart van de Wege wrote: > > I use it for hobby stuff, for quick solutions (like generating RPG > characters). Does not feel like engineering to me. I do similar things, too, but I always have a design in mind, and usually start with pkg, task, & PO specs and subprogram declarations, so I suspect that after doing this for so long I can engineer simple problems in my head. Presumably others with similar experience or who are better than I do the same. -- Jeff Carter "Crucifixion's a doddle." Monty Python's Life of Brian 82