Re: Objects and the Stack?

["Marc A. Criley" <mcNOSPAM@mckae.com>]

"Nick Roberts" <nick.roberts@acm.org> wrote:
> Freejack wrote:
>
> > It's my understanding that one can eliminate the need for pointers
(access
> > types) through prudent use of tagged types and classes.
>
> I don't think so. What made you think that?

A cursory reading of comp.lang.ada would show that it is not uncommon to
read posts implying that Ada eliminates the need for a significant amount of
pointer usage, compared to other programming languages.  And comparatively
speaking, this may be true, but that point can be misunderstood to suggest
that there's only a few application areas where pointer usage remains
essential.

And apparently my development activities must center on those few areas,
since I'm constantly using access types due to the unknowable-in-advance
quantities and structural relationships of the data that I'm dealing with.

My 2c...

Marc A. Criley
McKae Technologies
www.mckae.com