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From: Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: C vs. Ada - strings
Date: 2000/05/04
Date: 2000-05-04T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3911ADEA.5C9BCBC1@earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8es4gh$3ms$1@nnrp1.deja.com

Robert Dewar wrote:

> ...
>
> Personally, I think the string packages in Ada are far more
> flexible and useful than those in Turbo Pascal, for many
> reasons (in particular the lack of control over heap
> allocation), but it would be interesting to be more specific
> about what *you* personally don't like, than making general
> statements with no basis about what all programmers like :-)
> ....

But the real improvement of Ada Strings over TurboPascal strings is
that if you don't like the current implementation, it's easier to
define your own (without loss of capability).






  reply	other threads:[~2000-05-04  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-02  0:00 C vs. Ada - strings Wes Groleau
2000-05-02  0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-03  0:00   ` Wes Groleau
2000-05-03  0:00     ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-03  0:00   ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-03  0:00     ` Keith Thompson
2000-05-04  0:00       ` Wes Groleau
2000-05-18  0:00       ` Pete
2000-05-18  0:00         ` dale
2000-05-18  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-19  0:00             ` dale
2000-05-21  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-22  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-22  0:00                 ` Keith Thompson
2000-05-24  0:00                 ` 'img Peter Hermann
2000-05-24  0:00                   ` 'img Robert Dewar
2000-05-24  0:00                     ` 'img Ted Dennison
2000-05-25  0:00                       ` 'img Robert Dewar
2000-05-25  0:00                       ` 'img Peter Hermann
2000-05-25  0:00                         ` 'img Keith Thompson
2000-05-25  0:00                           ` 'img Ted Dennison
2000-05-26  0:00                         ` 'img dmitry
2000-05-26  0:00                           ` 'img Robert Dewar
2000-05-26  0:00                           ` 'img Brian Rogoff
2000-05-26  0:00                             ` 'img Robert Dewar
2000-05-19  0:00         ` C vs. Ada - strings Geoff Bull
2000-05-19  0:00           ` mike
2000-05-21  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
2000-06-03  0:00           ` Pete
2000-06-03  0:00             ` Java vs. Ada - strings (was: C vs. Ada - strings) Ted Dennison
2000-06-04  0:00               ` Pete
2000-06-04  0:00                 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-06-04  0:00                   ` Pete
2000-06-05  0:00                     ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-06-05  0:00                 ` Ted Dennison
2000-06-05  0:00                   ` Marin D. Condic
2000-06-05  0:00                     ` David Botton
2000-06-05  0:00                       ` Marin D. Condic
2000-06-06  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
2000-06-06  0:00                   ` Ken Garlington
2000-06-06  0:00                     ` Marin D. Condic
2000-06-04  0:00               ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-06-03  0:00             ` C vs. Ada - strings Ken Garlington
2000-06-03  0:00               ` Ted Dennison
2000-06-04  0:00                 ` Ken Garlington
2000-06-04  0:00                 ` Dale Stanbrough
2000-05-04  0:00   ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-05-04  0:00     ` Gautier
2000-05-02  0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-02  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-03  0:00   ` Wes Groleau
2000-05-03  0:00     ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-03  0:00       ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-03  0:00   ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-05-03  0:00     ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-04  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-04  0:00       ` Charles Hixson [this message]
2000-05-06  0:00       ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-04  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-04  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-04  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-05  0:00         ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05  0:00           ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-05  0:00             ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-06  0:00           ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-06  0:00             ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-07  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-09  0:00                 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-04  0:00     ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-04  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-04  0:00       ` Jon S Anthony
2000-05-05  0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05  0:00   ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-05  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
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