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From: alexy@belknap.dartmouth.edu (Alexy V. Khrabrov)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Soviet Union and Ada are similar
Date: 9 Jan 1995 22:14:21 GMT
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Summary: local variables
Keywords: Ada Scope Czech Suppress Compromise
Date: 1995-01-09T22:14:21+00:00
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Didn't want to delve into how check suppressions work and
the tradeoffs related, but there's a good Ada analogy :)
	In many systems, including social and program ones,
you don't see the whole picture while you're inside.  There
are ``local variables'' and ``global variables.''  Often, the
local variable hides the global one, and those in control have
to take special measures in order to maintain the whole system
security.  Some local hardship will prevent a global crash,
when the local unit will lose its role completely and worse.
	As for my information, it's from the first hands
of those outsiders who had to think globally--and
I can discuss it whenever, the distribution is ``world'' and
any hidden/explicit checks are welcome!  I sympathize with Czechs and 
Slovaks, but it's an Ada way--security first.  You may dislike
some ``artificial'' measures first, but will admit they worked
as intended later, and approve of them.  Agitated freedom
from anything gets you break-aparts,  all kinds of trouble.
Of course, the balance between external/internal checks ought to
be appropriate, trailing the eternal question about system
design of adapted units vs units reuse--but it's another story :)

--
        Alexy V. Khrabrov <khrabrov@cccc.com>
        ``Age Quod Agis'' (Do what you're doing.)