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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d841c019952cb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-04 05:52:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!tar-alcarin.cbb-automation.DE!not-for-mail From: Dmitry A. Kazakov Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA Tasks Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 14:52:44 +0100 Message-ID: <8p1suus2cadqohgrdq6f2bjmbo3d48jkai@4ax.com> References: <9kfpuu4vlb0vm2j74911icc17b4cme21kc@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tar-alcarin.cbb-automation.de (212.79.194.111) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1039009965 29890255 212.79.194.111 (16 [77047]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31415 Date: 2002-12-04T14:52:44+01:00 List-Id: On 03 Dec 2002 22:06:44 +0000, Simon Wright wrote: >Dmitry A. Kazakov writes: > >{re: tasks vs protected objects > >> But both have the same problem, they do not very support >> refactoring. Neigther protected object nor task can be extended or >> split, leaving the interface intact. > >Do you have something in mind that allows refactoring _and_ >concurrency? No. Ada is the single language which seriously tries to express concurrency. Others are more or less just toys. So there is nothing to compare with. If you ask whether it is possible to do it, then I believe it should be possible, but a long way to go. --- Regards, Dmitry Kazakov www.dmitry-kazakov.de