From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Do people who use Ada also use ocaml or F#?
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:08:19 -0700
Date: 2010-10-30T16:08:19-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <iai8uh$qnl$1@tornado.tornevall.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1mjd3udlxgzp3$.1abzmwnslu9ym$.dlg@40tude.net>
On 10/30/2010 12:41 AM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:16:03 -0700, Jeffrey Carter wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to see Ada without any features for programming by extension.
>
> That is not same. For all type extension does not lock your design as
> generics do. Once generic, forever generic.
Type extension is not the only feature for programming by extension in Ada.
Programming by extension emphasizes ease of writing over ease of reading,
violating one of Ada's explicit design goals.
--
Jeff Carter
"Blessed are they who convert their neighbors'
oxen, for they shall inhibit their girth."
Monty Python's Life of Brian
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2010-10-29 2:27 Do people who use Ada also use ocaml or F#? Chad R. Meiners
2010-10-29 2:58 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 1:32 ` Chad R. Meiners
2010-10-30 2:22 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 3:44 ` Chad R. Meiners
2010-10-30 12:15 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-30 12:14 ` Florian Weimer
2010-10-30 12:46 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 13:59 ` Florian Weimer
2010-10-30 14:12 ` Niklas Holsti
2010-10-30 18:58 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 19:20 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-30 23:11 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 15:13 ` Florian Weimer
2010-10-29 7:53 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-29 17:10 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-29 19:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-29 22:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-30 0:01 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-30 2:07 ` Chad R. Meiners
2010-10-30 23:02 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-30 23:30 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 2:31 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 2:58 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 10:57 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 11:04 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 16:58 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-01 17:46 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-11-01 17:03 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-11-03 13:30 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-11-03 19:16 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 7:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 23:08 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2010-10-30 23:15 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-31 2:36 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 3:01 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 4:52 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 5:12 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 7:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 8:03 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 8:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 11:00 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 11:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 12:51 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 15:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 15:32 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 20:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 20:04 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 20:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 18:23 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 18:02 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-30 2:07 ` Chad R. Meiners
2010-10-30 2:29 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 3:55 ` Chad R. Meiners
2010-10-30 7:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 12:18 ` Florian Weimer
2010-10-30 12:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 19:12 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 19:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 20:04 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 20:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 21:53 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 8:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 9:49 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 21:46 ` Shark8
2010-11-01 9:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-01 10:17 ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-05 12:46 ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-05 16:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-06 17:22 ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-06 20:56 ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-06 23:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-06 23:41 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-07 0:18 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-07 11:51 ` Simon Wright
2010-11-07 12:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-07 3:05 ` Chad R. Meiners
2010-11-01 11:44 ` Brian Drummond
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