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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Your wish list for Ada 202X
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:42:26 +0200
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:40:27 +0200, J-P. Rosen wrote:

> Generics have also benefits over interfaces, especially since you can
> match any formal with any actual, while interfaces impose functions to
> have the same name to match. Just one example.

Yes, they are matched by structure. I don't see it as a benefit. I see it
as a hazard.
 
> So please consider (as my experience showed very often) that different
> people have different ways of thinking. Some think naturally with
> classification, others with composition. I don't know if it's related to
> being right- or left-brained, it's possible. Ada offers support for
> both, which is nice. Please just don't assume that your way of thinking
> is the only "right" one.

And extending your argument (to so to say "cultural relativism") on the
discussion on Ada vs. C. People, let's call them "top-brained", would claim
that Ada were not any better than C. C would be for top-brained. Ada would
for bottom-brained... (:-))

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