From: "REH" <spamjunk@stny.rr.com>
Subject: Re: generics in Ada 83
Date: 20 Sep 2005 05:36:48 -0700
Date: 2005-09-20T05:36:48-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1127219808.860316.155590@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fGMXe.7511$i86.6994@trndny01>
Hyman Rosen wrote:
> REH wrote:
> > That has got to be the best argument I have ever seem for Ada generics.
>
> Do remember, as has been frequently discussed here, that C++ templates
> let you do things like define dimensioned objects that require zero
> runtime overhead in either time or space and implicitly instantiate
> themselves only for the units actually needed. This is far beyond what
> Ada generics can do. The whole area of template metaprogramming is
> unavailable to Ada as well.
Oh, I'm still a big fan of templates. I do a lot of template
metaprogramming, myself. It is a very powerful tool.
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-13 13:26 generics in Ada 83 REH
2005-09-13 13:30 ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-13 16:25 ` REH
2005-09-13 19:23 ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-13 13:50 ` Martin Dowie
2005-09-13 16:30 ` REH
2005-09-13 16:41 ` Martin Dowie
2005-09-13 18:43 ` REH
2005-09-13 19:37 ` Ludovic Brenta
2005-09-13 19:53 ` REH
2005-09-13 16:56 ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-09-13 18:53 ` REH
2005-09-13 22:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-09-13 22:44 ` REH
2005-09-14 8:14 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-09-14 12:40 ` REH
2005-09-14 13:15 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-09-14 14:08 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-09-14 15:23 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-09-14 15:41 ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-19 17:58 ` REH
2005-09-20 4:58 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-09-20 12:36 ` REH [this message]
2005-09-20 1:34 ` adaworks
2005-09-20 4:14 ` Jim Rogers
2005-09-21 22:58 ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-22 15:18 ` adaworks
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