From: jscheibl@mason2.gmu.edu (Jack W Scheible)
Subject: Re: Limitations of Ada
Date: 1996/08/02
Date: 1996-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4tsvs7$ctk@portal.gmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4tr86p$fvd@rational.rational.com
In article <4tr86p$fvd@rational.rational.com> rlk@rational.com (Bob Kitzberger) writes:
>Kazimir Majorinc (kmajor@jagor.srce.hr) wrote:
>
>: This are limitations of Ada:
>: 3) Lack of MACROS, see C++
>
>That's a feature.
>
There is no reason at all that the C pre-processor cannot be
run on Ada source before sending it to the compiler. Therefore,
one _can_ use macros, but it is neither standard nor advisable -
macros can be a source of very hard-to-find bugs.
-jack
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-07-29 0:00 Limitations of Ada Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Kazimir Majorinc
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Spasmo
1996-08-08 0:00 ` mpost
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Bob Kitzberger
1996-08-02 0:00 ` Jack W Scheible [this message]
1996-08-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-03 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-08-05 0:00 ` Jack W Scheible
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1996-07-19 0:00 The Quelisher
1996-07-20 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-21 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-07-23 0:00 ` Bob Munck
1996-07-24 0:00 ` David Kristola
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Ron Thompson
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Byron B. Kauffman
1996-07-25 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-07-29 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-07-22 0:00 ` Klaus Wyss
1996-07-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-24 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
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