From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada vs Delphi?
Date: 1999/08/09
Date: 1999-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7olfsb$jtl$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37ae1fc8.653954@news.clara.net
In article <37ae1fc8.653954@news.clara.net>,
paulyg@clara.net (Paul Groves) wrote:
> > Types may be derived from Ada.Finalization.Controlled in
order to
> >eliminate the risk of memory leaks. Delphi has no
counterpart. In Delphi
> >it is easy to create memory leaks.
> Isn't it just as 'easy' to "create memory leaks" in Ada?
> Delphi (Pascals) pointer types are just like Ada's access
> types so the same is possible in both languages.
> Delphi does use pointers all over the place for its
> interfacing stuff -- VCL. The poster was just asking about
> scientific programming so this shouldn't really be a big
> problem.
The idea that scientific programming does not need dynamic
allocation and pointers reflects completely out of date
thinking. Modern scientific programming uses extremely
sophisticated data structures, often highly dynamic in
nature.
And no, it is NOT "just as easy" to create memory leaks in
Ada, it sounds like you do not really understand how controlled
types work. They are a vital facility in a language where
storage allocation is manual.
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Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-06 0:00 Ada vs Delphi? Andre Ratel
1999-08-06 0:00 ` William Starner
1999-08-06 0:00 ` William Starner
1999-08-07 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-08-07 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-08-07 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Paul Groves
1999-08-08 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-16 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-15 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-16 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Scientific calculations (was Re: Ada vs Delphi? ) Vladimir Olensky
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-15 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-08-15 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Ada vs Delphi? Andre Ratel
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Ada vs Component Pascal (was: Ada vs Delphi?) Ted Dennison
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Ada vs Delphi? Robert Dewar
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-07 0:00 ` Gautier
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