From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,842accb6a7d76669 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-06 10:29:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Eric Merritt Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.1 Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:28:28 -0800 (PST) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1005071350 8143 137.194.161.2 (6 Nov 2001 18:29:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:29:10 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15937 Date: 2001-11-06T10:28:28-08:00 > > This may be beating a dead horse, but I think there > is an important > point here. > > "Ada", the language, does _not_ define the term > "singleton". Neither > does any other programming language that I am aware > of. > > So you are talking about a programming paradigm. It > is hard not to > assume everyone shares your paradigm, but it is a > good skill to develop. > I am not talking about a programming paradigm, I am talking about a method of design. A programming paradigm is Object Oriented Programming, Procedural Programming, Functional Programming etc. The design patterns put forth by the GoF (and others) can apply in most Object Oriented languages, especially Ada. So these are, in fact, just design aids. In any case, this came about as I was confused when someone suggested singleton as the name for a list constructor. I thought that implied a singleton list (in the design pattern sense) and they ment a list with a single entry. In any case, it dosn't really matter and seems to be cleared up. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com