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Subject: Re: class wide iterable (and indexable)
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Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:55204
Date: 2019-01-05T13:09:54-08:00
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On Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 10:05:50 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
>=20
> A major problem with programming by extension is that it requires violati=
ng the=20
> S/W-engineering principle of locality. S/W engineers don't willingly viol=
ate=20
> those principles, so we can conclude that those who like programming by=
=20
> extension are not S/W engineers.

Hm, I'm not sure I agree with you -- plug-ins seem to be a counter-example =
in that they *are* extensions [of the base program] -- it seems a bit exces=
sive to think that any program that uses/handles plug-ins is ill-designed a=
nd by-nature violative of good SW engineering.

Of course this is an interesting observation in its own right, and I should=
 like to hear more.