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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 19:55:13 GMT
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In article <93flab$2mh$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  dmitry6243@my-deja.com wrote:

> It is not complex vs. functional, it is correct vs.
> incorrect.

I think there may be a language problem here :-)

We are looking for technical arguments which always have to
balance complexity against functinlaity (remember that we can
do anything with Turing machines, but it is inconvenient and
inefficient, so in some sense what languages are all about is
addressing these problems of convenience and efficiency without
introducing too much complexity).

Saying something is incorrect is NOT an argument.

You might as well say that any language that does no provide
complete referential transparency is incorrect. Yes, in the
environment in which this discussion takes place, that is true,
but it does not mean we have to immediately go and implement
lazy evaluation in Ada 95 :-)


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