From: clines@delete_this.airmail.net (Kevin Cline)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/05/19
Date: 1997-05-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E4449B1A3DAD7582.8EEEBAFA93AAAE0F.44F98E52931FC8AF@library-proxy.airnews.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: JSA.97May18173307@alexandria
jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) wrote:
>In article <12871CEBFAB00ABE.93483F73373D0261.D1086334F6EF8ED8@library-proxy.airnews.net> clines@delete_this.airmail.net (Kevin Cline) writes:
>
>> problem that started this thread? The poster claimed that it was easy to
>> write a program that read a file into an array of lines since Ada allowed
>> arrays of size determined at run-time to be returned as function values.
>> The I pointed out that:
>
>Just to stir things up a bit. IMO, the only good way to handle this
>sort of thing is with GC. If you have that, the entire issue isn't
>just solved, it becomes completely irrelevant.
No question about that, but it says nothing about the usefulness of Ada arrays
for solving this problem.
>
>> inflexible applications. OTOH, I have observed that the
>> availability of the C++ STL containers is already expanding the
>> toolkit of average C++ developers.
>
>Well, despite the unsupported claims of AS, STL could be implemented
>in Ada95 without much problem.
Never said it couldn't be done. But it hasn't been done yet.
>OTOH, there is really nothing in the STL that is all that interesting
>IMO.
To me, the best thing about STL is that it makes it easier for programmers to
select appropriate data structures without having to search the net for PD
stuff, or evaluate vendors of commercial stuff. It's all right there in the
language, and eliminates the temptation to just use an array.
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1997-04-09 0:00 Any research putting c above ada? Konstantin B. Goldin
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Thomas Aho
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Bob Stout
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Richard Krehbiel
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Tom Wheeley
1997-04-11 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-17 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Philip Brashear
1997-04-10 0:00 ` CubanPete
1997-04-11 0:00 ` John Thomas Apa
1997-04-10 0:00 ` Andrew Dunstan
1997-04-11 0:00 ` James Youngman
1997-04-11 0:00 ` Steve Summit
1997-04-12 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-04-14 0:00 ` Chris Lomont
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-04-11 0:00 ` Steve Jones - JON
1997-04-11 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-12 0:00 ` Tom Wheeley
[not found] ` <01bc46be$fb54cae0$3f6700cf@default>
1997-04-13 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-14 0:00 ` Craig Franck
1997-04-14 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
[not found] ` <33526cbf.41c6@cca.rockwell.com>
[not found] ` <5iusvd$118e@newssvr01-int.news.prodigy.com>
1997-04-14 0:00 ` James S. Rogers
[not found] ` <33530e22.5940@worldnet.att.net>
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-18 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
1997-04-20 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Alan Brain
[not found] ` <335d880c.324@dynamite.com.au>
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Alan Brain
[not found] ` <336ea9ca.3c92@dynamite.com.au>
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <5aedd9b0882ea1bf.69856d7f77cd2ae3.229bf1374681c88b@library-proxy.airnews.net>
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-16 0:00 ` brad.balfour
1997-05-14 0:00 ` T Wheeley
1997-04-19 0:00 ` Tom Wheeley
[not found] ` <33541be1.14961570@news.airmail.net>
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
[not found] ` <3353a187.1062@bix.com>
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-17 0:00 ` Tom Moran
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[not found] ` <335569F1.55A0@pratique.fr>
1997-04-20 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
[not found] ` <5j0e5i$qgi@bcrkh13.bnr.ca>
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
[not found] ` <5j4ijn$3ta1@news.knox.edu>
1997-04-17 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-18 0:00 ` Tim Behrendsen
[not found] ` <33552C53.41C6@cca.rockwell.com>
1997-04-20 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-04-20 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-11 0:00 ` Terry Colligan
1997-04-11 0:00 ` Larry J. Elmore
1997-04-12 0:00 ` Terry Colligan
[not found] ` <3359e813.340466234@news.pacificnet.net>
1997-04-11 0:00 ` James S. Rogers
1997-04-12 0:00 ` Steve Summit
1997-04-12 0:00 ` Danette & Murray Root
1997-04-12 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-04-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
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1997-04-13 0:00 ` Dave Wood
[not found] ` <E8pxJ0.I3s@thomsoft.com>
[not found] ` <3355E0F2.56E5@aonix.com>
1997-04-18 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-04-20 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-14 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-14 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-04-14 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-15 0:00 ` Robert S. White
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1997-04-16 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-16 0:00 ` Byron
1997-04-16 0:00 ` John Winters
[not found] ` <5j31dt$o3j@huron.eel.ufl.edu>
1997-04-17 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-18 0:00 ` David Thornley
[not found] ` <338a1835.439086993@news.pacificnet.net>
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Alan Bowler
[not found] ` <01bc4da9$75237100$f4f582c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com>
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-21 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-14 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-04-12 0:00 ` David Weller
1997-04-13 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-05-11 0:00 ` deafen
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Steve Furlong
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1997-05-14 0:00 ` T Wheeley
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Fritz W Feuerbacher
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Wilbur Streett
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-20 0:00 ` T Wheeley
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Student responsability (Was: Any research putting c above ada?) Laurent Gasser
1997-05-03 0:00 ` John Bode
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Steven Huang
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Any research putting c above ada? John Apa
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-07 0:00 ` John Apa
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-10 0:00 ` John Apa
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Dan Shea
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Larry Weiss
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Craig Franck
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Craig Franck
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Mathew Hendry
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1997-05-13 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1997-05-14 0:00 ` T Wheeley
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Alan Brain
[not found] ` <5lb2mi$3i2@mtinsc03.worldnet.att.net>
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Szu-Wen Huang
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
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1997-05-16 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
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1997-05-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Craig Franck
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
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1997-04-20 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
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1997-04-14 0:00 ` Alan Brain
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1997-04-15 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
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1997-04-20 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Andrew Dunstan
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Matthew Givens
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Andrew Dunstan
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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1997-05-13 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-17 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
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1997-05-21 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
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1997-05-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-23 0:00 ` Iterator Syntax [was: Re: STL in Ada95] Jeff Carter
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1997-05-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-23 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Any research putting c above ada? Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Daniel P Hudson
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Daniel P Hudson
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1997-04-26 0:00 ` Mike Haertel
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1997-04-28 0:00 ` Istvan.Simon
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1997-04-28 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Andrew Koenig
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Craig Franck
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-30 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
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