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Subject: Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out
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In article <93fqau$6m2$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> 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.

Surely. Any program is incorrect in some sense.

But neither an argument is a reference to some mystic balance between
such fluid factors that complexity, functionality and the problems the
programs have to solve. It is not very long time ago when a program of
1Mb size was something unimaginable. Now it is hard to produce one
of less size (in conventional environment).

--
Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov


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