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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a3bf872bb81a1f2b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-12 06:37:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ASCL a doomed idea? Date: 12 Dec 2001 09:32:43 -0500 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Message-ID: References: <7RQP7.4406$Yy.272014@rwcrnsc53> <9v0crv$bo2bi$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3C13D980.748CCCDA@acm.org> <9v37s0$cdmva$3@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3C153926.102B17B1@boeing.com> <3C16DB37.A0F02702@acm.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1008167751 28954 128.183.220.71 (12 Dec 2001 14:35:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: dscoggin@cne-odin.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Dec 2001 14:35:51 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17835 Date: 2001-12-12T14:35:51+00:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Carter writes: > Oh, I get it now. Since C++ got it wrong, Ada should get it wrong to be > compatible with C++. An excellent idea. Along the same lines, I suggest > removing type checking from Ada, and replacing "begin" and "end" with > {}. We'd better introduce the reserved words "class" and "friend" while > we're at it. I can be pedantic with the best of them, but there are times when it pays to bow to practicality. I doubt we will ever get agreement on the "right" definition of "list" and related terms; even the people here who are quoting college texts disagree. So I'll go with popularity on this one. > "Position" is what it's usually called in the data structures literature > in describing the abstraction called a list. Can we get rid of these absolutist statements, and provide some concrete references? I have no idea how to go about accessing "the" data structures literature, so this statement is of no help to me. I also find it hard to believe there is a monolithic set of such literature, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. On the other hand, I do have access to a good library, so a reference to a real book or journal would be useful. -- -- Stephe