Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!purdue!bu-cs!encore!multimax.encore.com From: jdarcy@multimax.encore.com (Jeff d'Arcy) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Header files Message-ID: <10029@multimax.Encore.COM> Date: 27 Sep 89 20:22:12 GMT References: <6613@hubcap.clemson.edu> Sender: news@Encore.COM Lines: 13 billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ): > As far as recompilation is concerned, you can make use of Ada's > separate compilation facility to achieve this directly. I don't > do this because it would be a pain to have things scattered into > umpteen different files, and I have no idea why you would consider > this to be desirable. When you have multiple software engineers working on the same major component, smaller files reduce contention for the sources, which (quite obviously) can improve overall productivity. Jeff d'Arcy jdarcy@encore.com (508) 460-0500 Encore has provided the medium, but the message remains my own