From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Why is it Called a Package?
Date: 2000/03/27
Date: 2000-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 38DF7F38.8D656ABD@lmtas.lmco.com
In article <38DF7F38.8D656ABD@lmtas.lmco.com>,
Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com> wrote:
> Admittedly a "fluff" question...
>
> I notice that a lot of modern languages choose names/syntax that I
> personally do not find intuitive. Other languages contain basically
> the same feature but call it by different names (module, etc.). Why
> was "package" considered the intuitive name for this feature?
As you say, fluff. But I looked for information in the Ada83 Rationale
on this topic. I couldn't find an explanation for the name. But I did
find a lot of talk about "modularity" and "modularization", and no talk
about "packaging".
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2000-03-27 0:00 Why is it Called a Package? Gary Scott
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-04-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Comment from the trenchs Robert Brantley
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Robert Brantley
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Why is it Called a Package? Ken Garlington
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Anders Wirzenius
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
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