From: Fraser Wilson <fraser@sinopsis.com>
Subject: Re: Ada OO Mechanism
Date: 1999/06/03
Date: 1999-06-03T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <928437807.184.56@news.remarQ.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: t7btezrgab.fsf@calumny.jyacc.com
paene lacrimavi postquam Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com> scripsit:
>You give source code to the compiler, and it gives you either a working
>executable, or a set of error messages explaining why it was unable to
>do so. Internal phases of the compiler's operation are not of interest
>to its user.
I disagree with this. One of the things I like about Ada is not having
to wait until link time to find out that I forgot to implement a subprogram.
It's not just a time factor; the Ada compiler will tell me exactly which
package(s) failed to contain the required implementation; all the C or
C++ compiler can say is that it didn't find something.
It's even worse if, for example, a C or C++ library was written by somebody
else, and that person neglected to implement something, but testing never
picked it up because it was never called.
>You would use a typedef, not a #define. And most templates I've seen
>have few parameters. Those with somewhat more tend to default the
>later ones so that they may be elided.
Really? I can imagine that a large template would be tricky in C++,
but it's straightforward in Ada (especially with named argument notation),
and surprisingly useful. One particularly handy generic I wrote has 28
parameters ... I'd hate to see that attempted in a less wordy language.
Sure, I make new instantiations of it with a bit of cut and paste, but
it's really really easy to read, maintain and update.
cheers,
Fraser.
(change i's to y's for my real email address)
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Thread overview: 116+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-05-20 0:00 Ada OO Mechanism Shawn M. Root
1999-05-20 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-20 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-20 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-20 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-24 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-24 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-24 0:00 ` Mike
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-24 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-05-24 0:00 ` bob
1999-05-24 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
[not found] ` <t7zp2sr6yf.fsf@calumny.jyacc.c <t7r9nmz8ou.fsf@calumny.jyacc.com>
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-14 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
[not found] ` <t7zp2sr6yf.fsf@calumny.jyacc.c <t7emjmmx8w.fsf@calumny.jyacc.com>
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` < <375E92CB.27850620@averstar.com>
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-06-14 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
[not found] ` <t7zp2sr6yf.fsf@calumny.jyacc.c <375d9a3d.e1cccc63@averstar.com>
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Jim
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Chris
1999-05-25 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-05-25 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-05-29 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-05-30 0:00 ` chris
1999-05-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-30 0:00 ` Harry George
1999-05-30 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-05-31 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-31 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-06-02 0:00 ` mike
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-06 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-01 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-25 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1999-05-26 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1999-06-01 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson [this message]
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-05-20 0:00 ` bob
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Dan Nagle
1999-05-24 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Steve
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Shawn M. Root
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Shawn M. Root
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Don Overheu
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