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From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: Assuaging sour grapes :-) [was: newbie Q: storage management]
Date: 1997/05/08
Date: 1997-05-08T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <JSA.97May7200529@alexandria> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33708E99.2186@sprintmail.com


In article <33708E99.2186@sprintmail.com> "John G. Volan" <johnvolan@sprintmail.com> writes:

> How is Ada95 different here?

It's not.

> Isn't it possible to create DLL's from Ada95 source code, too?  (For

Yes.  If it happens it must be possible...

> instance, using Aonix ObjectAda?)

Yes.

> My question remains: What would "arrays of packages as first- or second-
> class objects" give you? 

I have no idea...

> It seems to me that there's nothing in C or C++ that makes it easier
> to dynamically load different versions of the same package/class.

That's because there isn't anything.


> It's still an extra-linguistic mechanism:

For statically typed languages, yes.

> It requires configuration management mechanisms outside the
> programming language level.

In the OS loader, linker, ..., stuff.


> Or am I still missing something...?

I don't think so.

/Jon
-- 
Jon Anthony
Organon Motives, Inc.
Belmont, MA 02178
617.484.3383
jsa@organon.com





  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-05-08  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-04-29  0:00 newbie Q: storage management Kaz Kylheku
1997-04-30  0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-04-30  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-02  0:00     ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-02  0:00       ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-05  0:00         ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-06  0:00           ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-06  0:00             ` Assuaging sour grapes :-) [was: newbie Q: storage management] John G. Volan
1997-05-07  0:00               ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-07  0:00                 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-07  0:00                   ` John G. Volan
1997-05-07  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-08  0:00                   ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
1997-05-08  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-07  0:00               ` Stephen Posey
1997-05-08  0:00               ` Dynamic binding of packages Nick Roberts
1997-05-08  0:00                 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-07  0:00             ` newbie Q: storage management Robert Dewar
1997-05-09  0:00               ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-10  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-07  0:00             ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-06  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-06  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-08  0:00               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-08  0:00                 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-09  0:00                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-09  0:00                     ` John G. Volan
1997-05-13  0:00                       ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-13  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-09  0:00                 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-09  0:00                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-10  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-12  0:00                       ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-09  0:00                   ` Brian Rogoff
1997-05-10  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-10  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-09  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13  0:00                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-03  0:00         ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-04  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-05  0:00         ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-04  0:00       ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-04  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-30  0:00   ` kaz
1997-05-02  0:00   ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-05-04  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-30  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-02  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-04  0:00     ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-04  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-30  0:00 ` Marinus van der Lugt
1997-04-30  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-02  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-30  0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-02  0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-03  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
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