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Le Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:14:48 +0200, <sbelmont700@gmail.com> a =C3=A9crit=
:

> On Thursday, August 1, 2013 3:52:42 PM UTC-4, Eryndlia Mavourneen wrot=
e:
>>
>> ...the memory overhead for non-shared generic code could be  =

>> substantial...
>>
>
> I have occasion to deal with a lot of "clever" code that fakes OOP usi=
ng  =

> generic packages, i.e. where each instantiation is an object and gener=
ic  =

> object parameters serve as initializers, and the executable sizes are =
 =

> *tremendous* (presumably the compiler duplicates the code for every  =

> subprogram for every instantiation).  As a general rule, I stick to ty=
pe  =

> parameters.
>
> -sb

May this is GNAT? And may she's not using GNAT.

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=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
ity