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!proxad.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!news-mue1.dfn.de!news-ham1.dfn.de!news.uni-hamburg.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:08:12 +0000 (UTC) Organization: GMUGHDU Message-ID: References: <49dc98cf.0408110556.18ae7df@posting.google.com> <413e2fbd$0$30586$626a14ce@news.free.fr> <4140b5cc$0$17701$626a14ce@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de X-Trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 1095080892 23134 134.91.1.34 (13 Sep 2004 13:08:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:08:12 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.00 (9000/800)) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3672 Date: 2004-09-13T13:08:12+00:00 List-Id: jayessay wrote: : :> Often I don't really care what type a variable has as long as it is :> the same type as the value it takes. But with explicit typing a :> simple type change can ripple through the application forcing the :> change of many other functions. Simply changing the return type of :> a commonly used function from single precision to double precision :> may require every call of that function to be changed. That takes :> time that could be better spent on higher level pursuits. : : Good description of a serious problem with static typing. Good description of a serious problem with inflexible static typing. -- Georg