Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "silly" (?) Ada semantics Message-ID: <1943@sparko.gwu.edu> Date: 7 Jun 90 14:32:20 GMT References: <1919@sparko.gwu.edu> <644579683.25696@minster.york.ac.uk> <1936@sparko.gwu.edu> Reply-To: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu () Organization: The George Washington University, Washington D.C. Lines: 11 Thanks to Robert Eachus for giving just the authoritative and sensible answer I was hoping for. IMHO it's important for language-bashers to realize that the designers and proponents of the language they are bashing are neither stupid nor juvenile. Obviously we will not all agree on the desirability of a certain way of doing a certain feature - computer folks are the most disputatious group I know - but it is unfair and juvenile not to at least give the designers and proponents credit for having thought it through. Just when I get so discouraged by the flame wars that I'm ready to swear off reading the news, I see something that reconfirms the mature and helpful side of it. It's these little "hits" of good stuff that keep my addiction going. Thanks again.