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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b5627b980414da76 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-21 18:19:57 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!swiss.ans.net!cmcl2!thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!nobody From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Higher precision and generics Date: 21 Mar 1995 16:14:05 -0500 Organization: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Message-ID: <3knfit$ekf@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> References: <3jsnbf$ido@nef.ens.fr> <795197606snz@linkmsd.com> <3k6ljm$bhp@nef.ens.fr> <3kbhv0$jcl@maple.enet.net> <3kbvpt$ltk@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <3kg124$elp@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <3kkaod$lvg@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: gnat.cs.nyu.edu Date: 1995-03-21T16:14:05-05:00 List-Id: I don't like the "non-portable construct" warning for a with of System, since I think it can lead people into the mistake of thinking that avoiding with's of System is helpful in achieveing portability, when in fact this is just the opposite of the real situation.