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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.102.40 with SMTP id fl8mr12643789pab.4.1432933207441; Fri, 29 May 2015 14:00:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.28.227 with SMTP id e3mr83661obh.33.1432933207371; Fri, 29 May 2015 14:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Path: buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!h15no402950igd.0!news-out.google.com!n7ni47654igk.0!nntp.google.com!h15no402940igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 14:00:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.0.105.201; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.0.105.201 References: <127b004d-2163-477b-9209-49d30d2da5e1@googlegroups.com> <59a4ee45-23fb-4b0e-905c-cc16ce46b5f6@googlegroups.com> <46b2dce1-2a1c-455d-b041-3a9d217e2c3f@googlegroups.com> <87a8wnu3v0.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1d01bb71-970f-44e0-9d38-d45520d2722e@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Build language with weak typing, then add scaffolding later to strengthen it? From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 21:00:07 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:193386 Date: 2015-05-29T14:00:07-07:00 List-Id: On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 6:03:12 AM UTC-6, Peter Chapin wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2015, Bj=F6rn Lundin wrote: >=20 > > If you ask around enough, you will likely get answers that wants to kee= p=20 > > 'odd' features. I - for example - love the separate construct. we use i= t=20 > > a lot. But I think not too many use it. >=20 > I also like using subunits now and then. It seems like a good fit when I= =20 > have a package with one unusually large subprogram that dominates the=20 > package's physical content, but is just not important enough, or logicall= y=20 > distinct enough, to make into its own unit. >=20 > Peter I find that happens in parsing; especially unserialization.