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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Why is it Called a Package?
Date: 2000/03/27
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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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