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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Header-only Ada libraries...
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"Robert A Duff" <bobduff@TheWorld.com> wrote in message 
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> "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
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>> Not a header in sight. Not surprising, since Ada doesn't have headers.
>
> That's like saying, "French people don't eat cheese."
>
> Of course, they have something called "fromage", but that's got
> nothing to do with the matter.

I tend to agree with Jeff on this one: Ada has packages, which are a named, 
checked, compilation unit. C headers are just untamed (and unnamed, other 
than the source name) conglomerations of code that could literally contain 
anything - any checking or restrictions comes from the implementation. 
They're rather different things, even if often used for the same purpose.

                                                        Randy.