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From: Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used?
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On 5 Cze, 14:59, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
wrote:

> As for different types of the real and imaginary parts, it would make
> little or no sense because you can "rotate" numbers by multiplying them to
> exp(j*angle).

Nobody said that such a "rotation" must make sense in every single
application domain. If it does not make sense in a given domain, then
it does not have to be supported.
I can perfectly imagine a domain where only the addition/substraction
operation for complex and multiplying/dividing complex by scalar are
necessary.

> So the complex space must be isotropic

So it does not have to be and Ada, as a language that promotes careful
selection of types for the given purpose, would be more consistent by
allowing separate base types for both components.
Otherwise the model is simplified. Not necessarily bad, but certainly
simplified.

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