Original-Via: uk.ac.nsf; Fri, 18 Oct 91 05:18:44 BST
> The question here is whether a particular way of dividing tasks
> should be supported by a particular language mechanism. There
> are good (but perhaps not conclusive) arguments in favor of
> support for recursive modules. But "some things are too large
> to fit into one module" isn't one of them.
In theory it might not be a good argument, but if you are stuck with a
compiler that simply chokes on big modules you have little alternative.
(You are of course fee to write a new compiler, but that may take some
time.)
-- Lennart
