From: ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen)
Subject: Re: The return of Ada95
Date: 1996/03/18
Date: 1996-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 00001a73+00002b8c@msn.com
In article <00001a73+00002b8c@msn.com>, KMays@msn.com (Kenneth Mays) writes:
|> Talking with many programmers, you can write VERY tight code with
|> C/C++ and play with pointers and registers (bit level) very easy. I'm
|> sure you can find a way to do it in Ada95, but its concept wasn't
|> designed for it.
Efficient low-level programming and systems programming were very much a
design consideration for Ada 95. Have you looked at modular types,
Section 13, or the Systems Programming Annex?
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Norman H. Cohen ncohen@watson.ibm.com
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1996-03-16 0:00 The return of Ada95 Kenneth Mays
1996-03-17 0:00 ` Bob Crispen
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1996-03-17 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
1996-03-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1996-03-17 0:00 ` Mitchell E. James
1996-03-18 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen [this message]
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1996-03-18 0:00 Simon Johnston
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