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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.129.89.194 with SMTP id n185mr12897508ywb.177.1505371898249; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 23:51:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.36.51.147 with SMTP id k141mr56012itk.14.1505371898208; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 23:51:38 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!b1no139634qtc.1!news-out.google.com!p6ni522itp.0!nntp.google.com!127no215962itw.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 23:51:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <28656db4-5b5a-48db-98f5-70bdf0b8ff7c@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:645:c001:2a91:f0aa:544a:62b8:1941; posting-account=fxr6CwoAAABjARAbZ01okNaxDpxQT8RH NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:645:c001:2a91:f0aa:544a:62b8:1941 References: <4776d346-325b-4685-8ff4-ddb4ff6e08e3@googlegroups.com> <441b111c-0cf4-4582-a391-d6bb828e1023@googlegroups.com> <28656db4-5b5a-48db-98f5-70bdf0b8ff7c@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: use Ada.Text_IO in main() or Package? From: Mace Ayres Injection-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 06:51:38 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Body-CRC: 3869193316 X-Received-Bytes: 1891 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:48121 Date: 2017-09-13T23:51:37-07:00 List-Id: Thanks, When you say old school, do you mean that's how you did it in earl= ier versions when it was needed, or you like the clarity of using the prefi= x? Aso, is it true that in the end, after the compiler does its thing, the end= result in object or machine code is the same, as unnecessary stuff is stri= pped out as the compiler simplifies and these package references are meanin= gless in final machine object code, more or less?