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From: dmitry@elros.cbb-automation.de (Dmitry Kazakov)
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Subject: Re: ada vs. cpp
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:02:13 GMT
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:10:42 +0200, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
wrote:

>dmitry@elros.cbb-automation.de (Dmitry Kazakov) writes:
>
>> Maybe for Ada 2100 (:-)). It could be interesting to add lazy
>> evaluation mode. Something like Algol's by-name parameters.
>
>Lazy evaluation and side effects do not mix well, so this is not going
>to happen (unless Ada becomes a purely applicative language, which is,
>uhm, very unlikely).

I believe it is generally the same problem as with pointers to
subroutines. A possible solution (maybe too restrictive) is to forbid
lazy objects and only allow lazy formal parameters.

Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov