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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,90108ed846e3f1bf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!newsfeed-fusi2.netcologne.de!195.14.215.230.MISMATCH!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed-hp2.netcologne.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: Language lawyer question: task activation Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <1dusr7frk73m7.nlsagplge0hk.dlg@40tude.net> <09a7aab3-d105-4a40-b25b-e2824cb12f89@j1g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> <24bdd0df-9554-49de-9c5e-99572c9cdf34@g38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:22:45 +0100 Message-ID: <1v0f2pkso7p50.vein84avao5t.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Feb 2009 14:22:45 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: a1b11def.newsspool4.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=]>4m66`1]SHFJ3]dH>I?oE4IUKkgB?_T^>jVmfAK X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3718 Date: 2009-02-20T14:22:45+01:00 List-Id: On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:07:42 -0800 (PST), mockturtle wrote: > On Feb 20, 12:14�pm, christoph.gr...@eurocopter.com wrote: >> On Feb 20, 11:44�am, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:43:53 -0800 (PST), christoph.gr...@eurocopter.com >>> wrote: >> >>> > On Feb 19, 6:57�pm, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" >>> > wrote: >>> >> ... and Pickwickian functions ... >> >>> > What are Pickwickian functions? >> >>> Ada 2005 functions returning limited objects, now comes it, by what? It is >>> neither by-value, nor by-reference... >> >> It's build-in-place. > > Sorry, maybe is slightly OT, but... Why this name? The > Webster gives the following definition > > 1 : marked by simplicity and generosity > 2 : intended or taken in a sense other than the obvious or literal one The position two. Function is thought as yielding a value. It is impossible to return in-place, otherwise than in a sense other than the obvious or literal one... -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de