From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: What is a Display ? (was: Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs)
Date: 1999/08/05
Date: 1999-08-05T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1999Aug5.175752.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7ocra4$s8o$1@nnrp1.deja.com
... in the context of the following comments:
In article <7ocra4$s8o$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
> Remember that Ada 83 was biased towards making the use of
> displays efficient (this is in fact why Steelman prohibited
> the language from containing subprogram pointers).
>
> Remember that the decision not to allow pointers to nested
> procedures in Ada 95 was based on implementation difficulties
> with displays. You can second guess this non-technical decision
> if you like, but for example, I have heard Aonix folk say that
> the current Object Ada would have been significantly impacted
> had the decision been made any other way.
>
> Remember that Pascal and Algol semantics definitely IS tricky
> for displays, as is well known (nearly all Pascal compilers
> use static links).
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1999-08-03 0:00 Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs Anton Gibbs
1999-08-03 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-03 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-08-03 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-08-03 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-03 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-08-03 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Anton Gibbs
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-05 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-08-07 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Anton Gibbs
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-08-04 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-08-05 0:00 ` adam
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1999-08-05 0:00 ` What is a Display ? (was: Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs) Hyman Rosen
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs adam
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-06 0:00 ` adam
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Mark Biggar
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-16 0:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
1999-08-05 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-07 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Steve Quinlan
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