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-Thread: 103376,a5f87a50bf9eecc7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Re: help with include and library files in GPS Date: 27 Feb 2006 08:22:37 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <9gnvOIcTdKYO@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <1140710414.054668.201470@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1392397.TMLNCp2Aq0@linux1.krischik.com> <75WdnRLuksezMJ3ZnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@comcast.com> <3538707.Le0VB0dQMj@linux1.krischik.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1141050138 1465 192.135.80.34 (27 Feb 2006 14:22:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:22:18 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3183 Date: 2006-02-27T08:22:37-06:00 List-Id: In article , "Jeffrey R. Carter" writes: > Steve wrote: > >> Ada certainly does use the concept of include. If it didn't, you wouldn't >> be able to utilize one package from another. In Ada it is the "with" >> statement that includes a reference to another packages specification. > > To me, the concept of "include" is treating the contents of one file as if they > were textually present in another file at the time of compilation. An Ada > context clause does not do this. To me the concept of "assignment" means copying some bits from here to there, regardless of whether they beyond. But Ada has strong typing.