From: "Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Generics vs. O-O?
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 01:38:06 +0200
Date: 2013-08-02T01:38:06+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.w05vxsgoule2fv@cardamome> (raw)
In-Reply-To: fdf94891-3258-480d-a203-c157559e928f@googlegroups.com
Le Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:10:39 +0200, <optikos@verizon.net> a écrit:
> On Thursday, August 1, 2013 2:24:57 PM UTC-5, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> [... snip ...]
>> 5. Considering run-time effects generics obviously have none because it
>> is
>> static polymorphism.
>> [... snip ...]
>
> Not so fast. Your statement on your #5 is true for C++ templates, but
> not true for Ada generics. The difference is that instantiations by
> different combinations of template-parameters of a C++ template result
> in a combinatorial explosion of the quantity of instances of that
> template's machine code & static data.
>
> Conversely, Ada utilizes a single instance of machine code & static data
> for an Ada generic, regardless of the type parameters passed at
> compile-time. […]
Not sure “Ada utilizes” is correct, and rather “This/that compiler
utilizes” is. What compiler do you use?
--
“Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.” [1]
“Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.” [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming — Alan J. — P. Yale University
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-01 14:45 Generics vs. O-O? Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-08-01 19:24 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-01 19:52 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-08-01 20:14 ` sbelmont700
2013-08-01 23:35 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-01 20:10 ` optikos
2013-08-01 20:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-01 20:35 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-08-01 21:22 ` Bill Findlay
2013-08-01 23:38 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) [this message]
2013-08-01 22:20 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-08-02 8:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-02 9:50 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-08-02 14:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-02 15:08 ` Shark8
2013-08-02 15:36 ` Alan Jump
2013-08-02 17:00 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-08-02 17:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-02 18:06 ` Alan Jump
2013-08-02 19:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-02 16:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-03 0:04 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-03 7:35 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-08-03 8:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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