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Subject: Re: Generics vs. O-O?
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 01:38:06 +0200
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Le Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:10:39 +0200, <optikos@verizon.net> a =C3=A9crit:

> 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 da=
ta  =

> for an Ada generic, regardless of the type parameters passed at  =

> compile-time.  [=E2=80=A6]

Not sure =E2=80=9CAda utilizes=E2=80=9D is correct, and rather =E2=80=9C=
This/that compiler  =

utilizes=E2=80=9D is. What compiler do you use?


-- =

=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