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=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,88e7ef9008757431 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ted Dennison Subject: Re: Function Calls by Address Date: 1999/09/03 Message-ID: <7qpd5b$1gg$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 520728585 References: <37CADE68.6AF06F5D@escmail.orl.lmco.com> <37CEEFFA.7D73F78D@magic.fr> <7qooh7$hbh$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <37CFFEA6.921CBE59@magic.fr> <7qp8sd$u8i$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x35.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 204.48.27.130 Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Sep 03 21:04:51 1999 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDtedennison Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.6 [en] (WinNT; I) Date: 1999-09-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <7qp8sd$u8i$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar wrote: > In article <37CFFEA6.921CBE59@magic.fr>, > Francois Godme wrote: > > By the same matter, who is still using the > > 'separate' construct for writing new applications? > > Anyone who understands the power of this capability. It is quite > true that Ada 95 replaces SOME of the need for subunits by > child units, but only some. I'll agree that Francois might have gone a bit overboard. But I must confess I'm one who never has understood the "power" of separates either. As near as I can tell, its only power is the ability to split up cumbersome files into smaller files without having to go through the pain of properly reencapsulating functionality into new packages. Does it have other "powers" that I'm missing? As powers go, I don't think that's enough to gain admittance to the software engineering Hall of Justice. Perhaps it could be in Mystery Men, if Invisible Boy gets the flu or something... -- T.E.D. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.