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From: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lang.ada
Subject: Re: ForTran-Ada ... (really function pointers)
Message-ID: <2877@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Jul-86 11:38:51 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 11 11:38:51 1986
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Reply-To: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
Organization: System Development Corporation R&D, Santa Monica
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For 95% of the cases (e.g., Intgrators, numerical analysis, graphics etc.)
Generics provide a reasonable replacement for function pointers.
The other 5% of the time (e.g., EMACS) the emuneration mapping seems
to provide a moderatly reasonable replacement.  I have still not seen an
example that is not covered by one of these two alternitives.

Mark Biggar
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