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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f039470e8f537101 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-30 08:17:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!adsl-213-200-246-247.cybernet.CH!not-for-mail From: Vinzent Hoefler Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ariane5 FAQ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:15:10 +0200 Organization: JeLlyFish software Message-ID: References: <3F248CEE.5050709@attbi.com> <3F25FB81.A81694FA@adaworks.com> <3F27638A.888BAEC4@adaworks.com> <3F27C236.F5234B9C@adaworks.com> <1059577616.650859@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Reply-To: v.hoefler@acm.org NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-213-200-246-247.cybernet.ch (213.200.246.247) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1059578244 23097343 213.200.246.247 (16 [175126]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41020 Date: 2003-07-30T17:15:10+02:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: >Vinzent Hoefler wrote: > > For instance you cannot have C++ without pointers > > like you can have Ada without access types. > >Why not? Hmm, good question. :) I forgot that C++ introduced this reference operator(?) "&" for function parameters, so someone wouldn't need that indeed. But doesn't most C++-code rely on pointers? Or is that just bad C-like style? Just to mention that, I guess my C++ is worse than your Ada. ;) Vinzent.