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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Address of an object
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:53:58 +0200
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:54:30 +0200, Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
>> I wanted to add something to a type without
>> quarreling with Ada, which mistakenly [OK, that was a political decision]
>> does not support MI.
> 
> You might consider doing it in C++ instead.

Actually, I did. It was long ago. OK, there were other problems with that
in C++. But for all, the project is in Ada.

> Because - you know - *fighting with the language* can only increase the 
> probability of introducing bugs and in the end increase the total cost 
> of software production, not mentioning its maintenance.

That's true. But we should consider all causes where we are forced to fight
with the language.

And the problem with C++ is that it is almost impossible to cut a clean
design of anything by an inch more complex than hello-world...

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de