jvc@stl.UUCP (Vic Churchill) (05/27/86)
The question seems to be how to persuade Ada to run a function when you ask for it ... try looking at 1. Ada Letters III-4 (Jan/Feb 84), pp. 51-61 "A command interpreter for Ada": TJ Wheeler 2. IEEE Trans S/W Eng SE-9,1 (Jan 83) pp. 13-15 "Simulation of Procedure Variables using Ada tasks": D Lamb & P Hilfinger. Best Regards, Vic Churchill (jvc@stl ...!mcvax!ukc!stl!jvc +44-279-29531 x 2546)
markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (07/11/86)
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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