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On 23 Feb, 01:12, <adawo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> "Robert A Duff" <bobd...@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote in messagenews:wccr6f=
4y94q.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com...
>
> > Please define what you mean by "separate compilation".
>
> I knew my original post would stimulate some discussion. =A0 You are
> correct that some form of separate compilation is available in most
> languages.
>
> My concern is dependency management. =A0I will give an example in source
> code.
(snip)
> But it still does not seem to solve the dependency issue as cleanly as
> Ada does.

Actually, I *love* the way Ada manages the dependencies between
packages.
The headache-inducing Makefiles used in some large C projects of mine
are
a (bad) memory nowdays...