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-Thread: 103376,21960280f1d61e84
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
Path: 
 g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: How come Ada isn't more popular?
From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de>
In-Reply-To: <eqc456$fp5$1@cernne03.cern.ch>
References: <1169636785.504223.139630@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>
	 <SJudnfsXuZsDLyrYnZ2dnUVZ_t6qnZ2d@comcast.com> <45b8361a_5@news.bluewin.ch>
	 <m7ejpj5u9t.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <u7iv8o16m.fsf@stephe-leake.org>
	 <3pejpgfbki.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <epkcru$fk2$1@cernne03.cern.ch>
	 <njirepncb0.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <eppn6r$m41$1@cernne03.cern.ch>
	 <vwbqkffq94.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <eputhf$p8u$1@cernne03.cern.ch>
	 <dzsldoachu.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <eq6v5b$bsb$1@cernne03.cern.ch>
	 <l5iregra8a.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <eq9gv3$dre$1@cernne03.cern.ch>
	 <il64aftsq7.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <eqa2j8$mfu$1@cernne03.cern.ch>
	 <bpveifcmum.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de>  <eqc456$fp5$1@cernne03.cern.ch>
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Organization: #
Message-ID: <1170843022.7656.42.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Mime-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:10:22 +0100
NNTP-Posting-Date: 07 Feb 2007 11:10:09 CET
NNTP-Posting-Host: c96feed2.newsspool3.arcor-online.net
X-Trace: 
 DXC=[a?Hc?alXdM=8m7nZkdN^@McF=Q^Z^V3H4Fo<]lROoRAgUcjd<3m<;B^@^?JcUT=dIPCY\c7>ejVHQ1DQM4S7CC@[]Nc2<I@P7F
X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de
Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:9064
Date: 2007-02-07T11:10:09+01:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 09:55 +0100, Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> So the implementation details of *some* types leak out in the sense that 
> they force me to understand their internal mechanics. I don't want to.
> I want to say this:
> 
> declare
>      Sql : Session := Open_Session("some parameters");
>      Str : String := "Hello";
> begin
>      -- ...
> end;

Another data point: with JDBC, the recommendation is to leave database
cursor/statement handling to the implementation and have it finish for
you.
A notable exception to the rule is when the RDBMS is Oracle.
Then you have to:

> declare
>      Sql : Session := Open_Session("some parameters");
>      Str : String := "Hello";
> begin
>      -- ...
>      -- damn, I have to do *something* with *some* stuff here
> end;