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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Generic Formal Parameter for a Task Type
Date: 09 Mar 2001 10:50:21 -0500
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James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net> writes:

> <snip>
>
> 
> Although this is easily done, it is not what I wanted. I had hoped
> to be able to create a generic package directly usable with most any
> task type.
> 
> This appears to be one problem not solvable in Ada, yet easily
> solved in Java. 

Say what? Java has no notion of "generic package"! So what "problem"
are you solving in Java?

If you change the problem statement to "create a class that can manage
tasks that are all derived from a common Object type", then that is
easily done in Ada!

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-- Stephe