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From: jamesth@microsoft.UUCP (James THIELE)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: AND and argument evaluation
Message-ID: <54973@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 90 16:27:10 GMT
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Reply-To: jamesth@microsoft.UUCP (James THIELE)
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[A very long discussion over many messages extensively quoting the
[Ada LRM and various Ada books with numerous comments on abstract
[conditions where optimization is allowed by compilers deleted.

When I worked with Ada, 1986-9, I remember many times when a
seemingly simple question about Ada syntax or semantics required
a long treasure hunt through the LRM.  The answers were almost
always buried in references to other sections.

Sure, I can now tell you quickly why "for Index in -1..1 loop"
is not valid Ada, but you won't find a comment about "-1..1"
in the section on "for".

Which brings me to my favorite quote about Ada:

	"Ada is PASCAL for lawyers."

Anyone know who said it first?

James Thiele -- microsoft!jamesth