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: 103376,442eb9212004f30 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:26:19 +0200 From: Georg Bauhaus User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Problem using Ada.Text_IO.Modular_IO References: <1215965011.20645.42.camel@K72> <85edeb59-f2aa-465d-9fac-ffd7ba839a5d@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <85edeb59-f2aa-465d-9fac-ffd7ba839a5d@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <487b8c3b$0$7543$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> Organization: Arcor NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Jul 2008 19:26:19 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 4cf7a0fa.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=;o116E66jlm<6cDJZfMd_cic==]BZ:afn4Fo<]lROoRa<`=YMgDjhgbjKndh@]XiHanc\616M64>jLh>_cHTX3jmnfQhEg?g1^l X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1154 Date: 2008-07-14T19:26:19+02:00 List-Id: micronian2@gmail.com schrieb: > In the context of using types such as Unsigned_N from Interfaces, what > if you needed the bit shifting operations? What if... Do you have some convincing examples? A special algorithm is probably not a convincing example, even when admirable, or worth millions, because special algorithms typically require special programming efforts. For features to be of the "general purpose" flavor though, i.e. for them to be provided by the language, there should be a general need, not a nice, special one. -- Georg Bauhaus Y A Time Drain http://www.9toX.de