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,c406e0c4a6eb74ed X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!lon1-news.nildram.net!news-peer.gradwell.net!news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net!not-for-mail From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <49dc98cf.0408110556.18ae7df@posting.google.com> <1198227.gWQ0keDDOY@linux1.krischik.com> Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:54:23 +0100 Organization: BAE SYSTEMS X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: <413456d5$1_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: baen1673807.greenlnk.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 Aug 2004 10:51:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 20.133.0.1 X-Trace: 1093949509 news.gradwell.net 6332 dnews/20.133.0.1 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@gradwell.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3205 Date: 2004-08-31T10:51:49+00:00 List-Id: Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote: > It is true that controlled *types* (not objects) need to be declared > at library level. However, all other OO languages (that I know of) > require *all* classes to be declared at library level. > So, there is no reason to have your head hurt. It's just one of the > few cases where Ada makes even with other programming languages, not > better. And if AI-344 gets the nod for Ada0Y then it will be ahead of the game! It's current status is "Amendment 200Y" :-) -- Martin