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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Ed Avis Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/04/30 Message-ID: <3729D1C7.225C9141@doc.ic.ac.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 472739243 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <7g5cb2$bjn$1@netnews.upenn.edu> <7g7o6d$lrj$1@flotsam.uits.indiana.edu> <925402294.548.49@news.remarQ.com> <3728AAFA.FAD4A827@doc.ic.ac.uk> <7gafe8$46h$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@doc.ic.ac.uk X-Trace: lux.doc.ic.ac.uk 925487559 12273 146.169.49.16 (30 Apr 1999 15:52:39 GMT) Organization: Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Apr 1999 15:52:39 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1999-04-30T15:52:39+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: >Ed I assume you are not an Ada folk, and therefore do not >see the critical point of the special language for >generics, something that is not addressed in the LGPL. No, I've never used Ada. I have used C++ templates though. Could you explain what the problem is, or is it too complex for the uninitiated? >So perhaps you would like to reconsider the "silly" here. Yes, I have already. I said it 'seems silly', which it did. It doesn't seem silly now I know there are good reasons. -- Ed Avis