From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c0d427d5f4af20f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr11.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1126617980.932226.320710@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1126703715.202970.293880@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1126711381.425805.248380@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: generics in Ada 83 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.129.220.244 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr11.news.prodigy.com 1127180055 ST000 71.129.220.244 (Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:34:15 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:34:15 EDT Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: O@Y[R^[GZRRER_H]]RKB_UDAZZ\DPCPDLXUNNHDK@YUDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:34:15 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4928 Date: 2005-09-20T01:34:15+00:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wccbr2vpsh2.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com... > > The Ada way makes it easier to understand what the contract _is_. > > On the other hand, the C++ way is more powerful. > Kinda like the difference between safety-matches and strike-anywhere matches. When I was a kid in rural Pennsylvania, we used to call strike-anywhere matches "barn burners." Hmmmmm. There is an analogy in there someplace. Richard Riehle