Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out

[dmitry6243@my-deja.com]

In article <93il87$iqo$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <93h9mo$bbm$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   dmitry6243@my-deja.com wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Well, quite a long time ago, certainly you have to go back
> over 30 years, which in the world of computers is a VERY
> long time.

I would say 15 years. That time PDP-11 with 256K was a quite common
model. The process address space was 64K. A "very large" program was
FORTRAN-IV compiler (30-40K).

> > Now it is hard to produce one
> > of less size (in conventional environment).
>
> That's a very peculiar statement, very few of the programs
> I write are anywhere near a megabyte long.

A couple of windows here, pair ActiveX controls there, plus misuse of
STL and here you are.

> Not that either of these points has any detectable relevance
> to multiple dispatching mind you!

The point was that among all arguments pro and cotra including some
feature into a universal and long living system, a reference to balance
between complexity and functionality is the weakest one. Please note
the words "universal" and "long living".

IMO the first role should play such factors regularity, correctness and
volume.

Anyway, let's see what will happen with MD in the static typed languages
in the next 5-10 years.

--
Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov


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