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Subject: Re: Does Ada still competitive?
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:59:31 +0200
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Le Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:19:29 +0200, <anon@att.net> a =C3=A9crit:
> One reason is the change to "Return by Type" from "Return by reference=
"
> which started around 2007.  The problem with "Return by Type" is that
> the "Generic package" must be compiled within the routine or package
> that uses it.  Which means the "Generic package" is a one application
> only so why use generic in the first place.
Don't bring confusion with generics and libraries. Generics are a design=
  =

method you may compare with automatic program generation in some way,  =

while libraries are something you link to. Your logic could lead to  =

assertions like =E2=80=9Cthis design pattern must be compiled for each u=
se place,  =

so why use design patterns at all?=E2=80=9D. Do you see where your error=
 is? If  =

=E2=80=9CMust not be recompiled=E2=80=9D is not a requirement, no need t=
o worry about. And  =

compilation is the least nightmare for an enterprises like NASA is I  =

believe.

-- =

=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