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From: "Vinzent Hoefler" <nntp-2010-10@t-domaingrabbing.de>
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Subject: Re: Do people who use Ada also use ocaml or F#?
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:15:03 +0200
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On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:08:19 +0200, Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote:

> 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.

Could you please give an example? I can't follow you here.


Vinzent.

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