From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Why is it Called a Package?
Date: 2000/03/27
Date: 2000-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2000Mar27.111655.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38DF7F38.8D656ABD@lmtas.lmco.com
In article <38DF7F38.8D656ABD@lmtas.lmco.com>, Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com> writes:
> Admittedly a "fluff" question...
>
> I notice that a lot of modern languages choose names/syntax that I
> personally do not find intuitive. Other languages contain basically the
> same feature but call it by different names (module, etc.). Why was
> "package" considered the intuitive name for this feature?
I was not there when the decision was made, but I would presume the
goal was to _avoid_ using a familiar name since other languages do
not typically have something that behaves in this fashion. If one
were to propose the term "module", for instance, those who knew
other programming languages and were learning Ada might presume
that it worked like a "module" in those other languages, and they
would be wrong.
I program in several languages that have "modules" and those "modules"
do not support separately compiled specifications and bodies, cannot
be nested within other "modules", etc.
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-03-27 0:00 Why is it Called a Package? Gary Scott
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-04-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Comment from the trenchs Robert Brantley
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Robert Brantley
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Why is it Called a Package? Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Anders Wirzenius
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Gary Scott
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