From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-05 07:22:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!uunet!dca.uu.net!ash.uu.net!spool0901.news.uu.net!spool0900.news.uu.net!reader0900.news.uu.net!not-for-mail Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 10:22:54 -0500 From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030130 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. References: <1043949507.331484@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1044025336.3067@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1044033063.693737@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <2b9s3vo3bbnaikqd6d4jpppfflfq2kbgfu@4ax.com> <1044278793.419261@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1044291655.564852@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1044374191.250359@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3qh14v0b9vgb23jqhdb3vtonljpmv9agrd@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <3qh14v0b9vgb23jqhdb3vtonljpmv9agrd@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: KBC Financial Products Message-ID: <1044458574.871065@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Cache-Post-Path: master.nyc.kbcfp.com!unknown@nightcrawler.nyc.kbcfp.com X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.253.250.10 X-Trace: 1044458576 reader0.ash.ops.us.uu.net 27595 204.253.250.10 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33813 Date: 2003-02-05T10:22:54-05:00 List-Id: Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > Is pointer to other type a type? Yes. > what does it mean to be a subtype of a pointer object To the extent that it means anything at all, it reflects the subtyping of class types. But generally, nothing. > two very non-abstract mistakes: > 1. OO has something to do with pointers and references > 2. The language (C++) has no by-copy in out parameters They are mistakes in your view, not in mine. I don't think anything more productive will come out of this exchange.