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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Q: access to subprogram
Date: 1996/07/06
Date: 1996-07-06T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.836627383@schonberg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: JSA.96Jul5141249@organon.com


Jon said

"I can maybe buy the second bit (about difficulty for display based
impls) but the first makes no sense.  You wouldn't have to pass
displays or whatever in those cases where the feature wasn't being
used.  Which means that there is _no_ distributed overhead for the
99+% of regular ol' subprogram calls."

If you buy the second bit, and if you agree that displays are more
efficient than static links for Ada programs (which is not gospel,
it requires discussion and examination -- I certainly think it is
the case), then the first bit is a consequence, since the provision
of closures would push you away from using displays, and hence 
introduce distributed overhead -- that was what was being talked about.





  reply	other threads:[~1996-07-06  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 133+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-07-02  0:00 Q: access to subprogram tmoran
1996-07-02  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-02  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00       ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-09  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-03  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00         ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-09  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10  0:00             ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-10  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10  0:00                 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-10  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-06  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00           ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-08  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-12  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-14  0:00               ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-19  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-22  0:00       ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-23  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-23  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26  0:00         ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-28  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-22  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-23  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24  0:00       ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-26  0:00         ` Ken Garlington
1996-07-30  0:00           ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-24  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-26  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30  0:00         ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-24  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-26  0:00     ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-28  0:00       ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-28  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-29  0:00         ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-29  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-29  0:00     ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-30  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03  0:00       ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-03  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00         ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-05  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-06  0:00     ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1996-07-06  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-06  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00       ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-08  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00           ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-10  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-19  0:00               ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-07  0:00   ` Mark Eichin
1996-07-08  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07  0:00   ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-07  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-07  0:00       ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-14  0:00       ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-14  0:00         ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-15  0:00           ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-15  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-17  0:00               ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-17  0:00               ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-17  0:00                 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-20  0:00               ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-20  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16  0:00             ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-08  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-11  0:00       ` Magnus Kempe
1996-07-11  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00   ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15  0:00       ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-15  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-17  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-12  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-12  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-12  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-16  0:00     ` Magnus Kempe
1996-07-14  0:00   ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-14  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-24  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-25  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-25  0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-25  0:00   ` David Kristola
1996-07-26  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30  0:00       ` David Kristola
1996-07-30  0:00       ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-30  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26  0:00     ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-28  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-28  0:00         ` Fergus Henderson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-07-05  0:00 tmoran
1996-07-06  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-15  0:00 tmoran
1996-07-15  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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