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Subject: Re: Is this expected behavior or not
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Date: 2013-03-18T17:38:34-07:00
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On Sunday, March 17, 2013 3:36:19 AM UTC-6, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:51:58 -0700 (PDT), Shark8 wrote:
>=20
> > I think it's rather a shame that the compile-time computation aspect of
> > generics is not emphasized a bit more
>=20
> You need no generics in order to compute something statically. Yes Ada
> could be much better with an ability to declare a function static or
> conditionally static.

You misunderstand me; I wasn't saying that generics were required for compi=
le-time computation, but that their use in compile-time computation is an i=
nteresting topic. (For example you could make a solar-system simulator by m=
aking 'orbit' a generic with the parameters cooresponding to Kepler's laws =
of motion.)