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-Thread: 103376,a0be06fbc0dd71f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!fdn.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Message-ID: <47889568.3010507@obry.net> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:24:40 +0100 From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: Brian May Subject: Re: The future of Ada is at risk References: <20071229040639.f753f982.coolzone@it.dk> <13oe680qard6u2d@corp.supernews.com> <47887709.9030107@obry.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jan 2008 11:24:44 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.205.32.111 X-Trace: 1200133484 news.orange.fr 865 86.205.32.111:2160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@orange.fr Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19341 Date: 2008-01-12T11:24:44+01:00 List-Id: Brian May a �crit : > They require careful design. If abused, e.g. if you use two many > types, you end up constantly casting from one type to another, and you > miss the benefits. Ok, but this is true for software design in general. Over-abusing anything is never a good idea. That does not even apply to software only :) But a good design using types and subtypes or derived types (no casting required) avoid many mistakes! All integers seems easy, feel easy but it betray you as soon as possible! Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595