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From: Jean-Marc Bourguet <bourguet@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Why is it Called a Package?
Date: 2000/03/30
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In article <wccya70bg8q.fsf@world.std.com>,
Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
> Geoff Bull <geoff@research.canon.com.au> writes:
>
> > Isn't it a little bit late to be arguing about this?
> [notation for ".all"]
>
> Only if you think Ada 95 is the final word in programming language
> design. ;-)
>
> Of course I don't think anybody's going to change the syntax of Ada at
> this point. But I still find it fun to discuss language design issues,
> and if the issues involve variations on Ada, they seem on-topic enough
> to be posted here. I understand that such discussions might be boring
> to those who just want to *use* the language as it is.

Is there a place where language design issues is the main topic?

-- Jean-Marc


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