From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Header-only Ada libraries...
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 11:15:27 +0200
Date: 2018-06-01T11:15:27+02:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <wcc36y7edvg.fsf@TheWorld.com>
On 05/31/2018 11:04 PM, Robert A Duff wrote:
> "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
>
>> Not a header in sight. Not surprising, since Ada doesn't have headers.
>
> That's like saying, "French people don't eat cheese."
No, the OP's use of "header" is like using the word "cheese" to mean yogurt.
There are similarities, but they're not the same thing.
The differences between package specifications and C header files are far more
significant than any similarities. Some of the worst Ada I've seen treated pkg
specs the way most C people treat header files: as inconveniences they have to
create to keep the compiler happy. Thinking about any part of Ada in C terms is
a recipe for disaster.
--
Jeff Carter
"I didn't squawk about the steak, dear. I
merely said I didn't see that old horse
that used to be tethered outside here."
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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2018-05-31 11:14 Header-only Ada libraries Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-05-31 12:18 ` joakimds
2018-05-31 12:38 ` Egil H H
2018-05-31 13:58 ` joakimds
2018-05-31 12:55 ` Luke A. Guest
2018-05-31 13:34 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-05-31 13:35 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-05-31 21:04 ` Robert A Duff
2018-05-31 22:53 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-01 9:15 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2018-06-01 10:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-05 12:31 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
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