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From: Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
Subject: Re: why learn C?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:59:05 GMT
Date: 2007-04-13T15:59:05+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dNNTh.157$IG1.13@trndny07> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wcc1wipphor.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>

Robert A Duff wrote:
> Operator overloading is just one subset of subprogram overloading

Sure. I was just replying to the notion that manual instantiation is
better than automatic because it avoids having the compiler pick your
functions for you, pointing out that Ada already does that.

> C++ doesn't allow top-down overload resolution,
 > which is an annoying restriction.

Yep. But given all of the automatic type conversions that C++ allows,
most of the time you would wind up in ambiguity land anyway.



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     [not found] ` <slrnetr31o.875.Marc.Boyer@localhost.localdomain>
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2007-02-23  8:09         ` why learn C? Marc Boyer
2007-03-20 17:37           ` adaworks
2007-03-21  8:07             ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-03-21 13:39               ` Martin Krischik
2007-03-22  7:54                 ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-03-21 14:10               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-03-21 17:57                 ` adaworks
2007-03-21 18:48               ` adaworks
2007-03-21 18:39                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-03-21 20:09                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-03-21 20:25                 ` Use of declare blocks Randy Brukardt
2007-03-21 20:36                   ` Gautier
2007-03-21 20:37                   ` Gautier
2007-03-21 20:43                   ` Niklas Holsti
2007-03-21 21:29                     ` Randy Brukardt
2007-03-22  1:17                       ` Adam Beneschan
2007-03-22  8:34                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-03-22  1:06                   ` Adam Beneschan
2007-03-22 17:59                   ` adaworks
2007-03-23  2:35                     ` Randy Brukardt
2007-03-23  5:23                       ` adaworks
2007-03-23  5:15                         ` Randy Brukardt
2007-03-23 10:20                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-03-23 18:25                             ` commenting, was " tmoran
2007-03-24  0:32                               ` adaworks
2007-03-24  2:12                                 ` tmoran
2007-03-24  3:19                                   ` Randy Brukardt
2007-03-24  7:36                                     ` tmoran
2007-03-24 15:35                                       ` Simon Wright
2007-03-21 13:29             ` why learn C? Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-03-30  0:51             ` kevin  cline
2007-03-30  4:09               ` Steve
2007-03-30  4:58                 ` kevin  cline
2007-03-30  7:44                   ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2007-03-30  9:09                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-02  4:29                       ` kevin  cline
2007-04-02  6:45                         ` adaworks
2007-04-02  7:52                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-02  8:19                           ` kevin  cline
2007-04-02 12:04                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-02 23:37                             ` Randy Brukardt
2007-04-03 12:42                               ` Erasing inappropriate operations (was: why learn C?) Ludovic Brenta
2007-04-03 23:44                                 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-04-04  8:34                                   ` Erasing inappropriate operations Ludovic Brenta
2007-04-04 22:00                                     ` Randy Brukardt
2007-04-03  0:16                         ` why learn C? Markus E Leypold
2007-04-04 16:14                           ` jayessay
2007-04-05  7:14                             ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-05 15:35                               ` jayessay
2007-04-06  2:02                                 ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-06  5:57                                   ` Ray Blaak
2007-04-06 11:01                                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-07 23:00                                       ` Ray Blaak
2007-04-08 19:41                                         ` jayessay
2007-04-09 14:08                                         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-10 15:48                                           ` jayessay
2007-04-08 19:44                                       ` jayessay
2007-04-06 18:05                                     ` jayessay
2007-04-06 22:00                                       ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-06 23:46                                         ` jayessay
2007-04-06 23:59                                         ` jayessay
2007-04-06 22:16                                     ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-06 23:52                                       ` jayessay
2007-04-07  0:39                                         ` Ray Blaak
2007-04-06 17:52                                   ` jayessay
2007-03-30  8:29                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-03-30  8:35                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-03-30 17:39                   ` adaworks
2007-03-31 14:59                     ` Steve
2007-03-31 15:59                       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-01 14:32                         ` Ed Falis
2007-04-02  7:03                         ` adaworks
2007-03-31 15:14                     ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-02  5:27                     ` kevin  cline
2007-04-02  6:04                       ` Harald Korneliussen
2007-04-02  6:33                       ` Shortage on C / C++ experts Martin Krischik
2007-04-02  7:07                       ` why learn C? adaworks
2007-04-02  7:18                         ` kevin  cline
2007-04-02 13:00                       ` adaworks
2007-04-12 15:28                         ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-12 18:32                           ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-13 15:59                             ` Hyman Rosen [this message]
2007-04-14 22:20                               ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-14 22:46                                 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-04-22 18:53                           ` adaworks
2007-04-22 19:50                             ` Gautier
2007-04-03  0:26                       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-03  0:34                       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-03  2:22                       ` jimmaureenrogers
2007-04-12 15:47                         ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-12 16:18                           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-13 23:18                             ` kevin  cline
2007-04-14  9:38                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-14 10:57                               ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-15 15:10                                 ` Simon Wright
2007-04-15 16:05                                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-15  0:59                             ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-15 15:28                               ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-12 16:39                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-12 20:54                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-12 20:33                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-12 21:40                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-12 20:50                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-13  0:32                                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-14 22:27                                     ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-14  1:20                           ` jimmaureenrogers
2007-04-02  5:03                   ` Brian May
2007-04-02  6:16                     ` kevin  cline
2007-04-03  0:00                       ` Brian May
2007-04-12 15:56                         ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-12 16:19                           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-13 23:42                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-03  0:13                       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-02 11:47                 ` Shortage on C / C++ experts Larry Kilgallen
2007-04-02 12:01                   ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-04-02 12:15                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-02 18:47                       ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-04-02 20:43                         ` tmoran
2007-03-30  4:52               ` why learn C? jimmaureenrogers
2007-03-30  6:30                 ` Case Crab
2007-03-30  6:37                   ` Gautier
2007-03-30  9:17                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-03-31 13:18                     ` Peter C. Chapin
2007-04-01  1:23                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-01 11:59                         ` Peter C. Chapin
2007-04-02  6:37                       ` kevin  cline
2007-04-02  9:39                         ` Harald Korneliussen
2007-03-30 17:47                   ` adaworks
2007-03-30 19:25                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-03-30 20:29                     ` Randy Brukardt
2007-03-31  9:52                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-01  1:35                       ` adaworks
2007-03-31  2:41                   ` jimmaureenrogers
2007-03-31 12:25                     ` not NASA Ada coding standard Stephen Leake
2007-03-31 15:44                       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-01 16:22                       ` Simon Clubley
2007-04-02 10:08                         ` Stephen Leake
2007-04-02  7:43                     ` why learn C? kevin  cline
2007-04-02  8:45                       ` Martin Krischik
2007-04-02 10:54                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-12 16:05                         ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-12 16:48                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-12 18:27                           ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-13 16:21                             ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-12 21:11                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-13 15:45                             ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-02  8:13                     ` kevin  cline
2007-04-02 23:54                       ` Randy Brukardt
2007-04-03  2:58                       ` jimmaureenrogers
2007-04-12 16:24                       ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-12 18:05                         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-15  0:55                           ` Hyman Rosen
2007-04-15  7:55                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-15 15:25                             ` Markus E Leypold
2007-03-31 11:40                 ` Larry Kilgallen
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2007-03-31 18:56                   ` adaworks
2007-03-31 20:10                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-01 18:13                       ` tmoran
2007-03-31 19:33                   ` Cesar Rabak
2007-03-31 20:11                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-03-30  8:16               ` Markus E Leypold
2007-03-30  9:10               ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-03-30 19:16               ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-01 11:41                 ` Martin Krischik
2007-04-01 17:03                   ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-01 18:13                   ` tmoran
2007-04-16  2:09             ` Brian May
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