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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c86cf2332cbe682 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-01 06:28:38 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!news3.near.net!noc.near.net!inmet!corsair!brennan From: brennan@corsair.warm.inmet.com (William Brennan) Subject: Re: Ada.strings.bounded problems? Message-ID: Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. References: Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 14:28:38 GMT Date: 1995-02-01T14:28:38+00:00 List-Id: In article , William Brennan wrote: >In article , >David Emery wrote: >>Shared generics is one of those Ada-specific optimizations that can >>have a real impact on design. ('Passive tasks' is another.) > >Please, what are "passive tasks"? (Non-periodic ones?) >Why is it important for the optimizer to recognize them? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Err..., I mean, why is it important to design with passive tasks in mind? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- === Team-Ada member === Bill Brennan brennan@panther.warm.inmet.com