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From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: A bunch of questions that come after "Hello world"
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:48:18 +0100
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On 18 Nov 2002 08:24:56 -0800, wojtek@power.com.pl (Wojtek Narczynski)
wrote:

>Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message news:<e2ihtu454lfirb4cp53b5fv9eb6vikffua@4ax.com>...
>
>> (...)
>> Which will not compile. [An operation cannot be dispatching for two
>> different types.]  Your example does not dispatch, it is a class-wide
>> operation which is same for Type1, Type2 and all types derived from
>> them.
>> (...)
>
>Thanks Dimitry. I've read the reference manul on this subject. I
>couldn't have been more wrong.
>
>Ada is hard.

Yes and no. IMO, Ada's idea of clear distinction between T and T'Class
is the best recent achievement in OO.

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Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de