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Subject: Re: "C" vrs ADA
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Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 13:53:33 EDT
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Summary: yes, but I could write that in C
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In article <1678@rti.UUCP>, jb@rti.UUCP writes:
] > [I wrote this - M. P. Lindner]
] > [ the following are excerpts - see the original articles for context ]
] > 
] > ...... I do take exception, however to the statements that
] > Ada is an "object oriented" language.  Yes, it is, but it was implemented
] > no better than that of C++.  Example:  Try to make a generic merge sort
] > which can sort floats and integers.
] 
] What about ......
] 
]    generic
]       type ITEM is private;
]       with function GREATER(A,B : ITEM) return BOOLEAN is <>;
]    package SORTING is
] 
]       type VECTOR is array(NATURAL range <>) of ITEM;
] 
]       procedure MERGE_SORT( A, B : VECTOR; RESULTS : out VECTOR );
] 
]    end SORTING;
] 
] This generic package can be instatiated for fixed, floating and record types.
] Jeff Bartlett

But if I have to make a GREATER function I could have done it in C (see man
page for qsort(3)!  Therefore I maintain my claim that Ada is *not* a proper
implementation of an object oriented language (like Smalltalk).

Mike Lindner
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