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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,9e7db243dfa070d7 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!aioe.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Do people who use Ada also use ocaml or F#? Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:01:26 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <1mjd3udlxgzp3$.1abzmwnslu9ym$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gHYtk+mhCrTAX6LNXybaBQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.63 (Win32) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:15976 Date: 2010-10-31T04:01:26+01:00 List-Id: Le Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:36:53 +0100, Jeffrey Carter = a =C3=A9crit: >>> 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. >> >> Could you please give an example? I can't follow you here. > > An example of what? a Child package that extends its parent is another= = > feature for programming by extension. > > For examples of how programming by extension emphasizes ease of writin= g = > over ease of reading and the like, see some articles I had in /Ada = > Letters/: > > Carter, J. R., =E2=80=9CAda=E2=80=99s Design Goals and Object-Oriented= Programming,=E2=80=9D = > /Ada Letters/, 1994 Nov/Dec > > Carter, J. R., =E2=80=9CBreaking the Ada Privacy Act,=E2=80=9D Ada Let= ters, 1996 May/Jun > > Carter, J. R., =E2=80=9COOP vs. Readability,=E2=80=9D Ada Letters, 199= 7 Mar/Apr Some web links around there ? -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens.