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Re:Why do we need modules at all? (2011) by cjfd on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @08:50AM (#20808984)
In one sense, yes, but in another no. The main problem is that one can get real long names.
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Re:Why do we need modules at all? (2011) by enriquto on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:04AM (#20809097)
Depending on your philosophy, that may be a feature to you. I tend to like this effect, because it forces the programmer to avoid building deeply nested structures, which is too easy to do when you abuse modules/namespaces.
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Re:Why do we need modules at all? (2011) by cjfd on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:30AM (#20809348)
That is a valid point. There is a tendency for things to go the java way.
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Re:Why do we need modules at all? (2011) by goatlover on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @11:10AM (#20810390)
Because long names in Java meant avoiding deep nesting?
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