Re: OOP and large systems (was: Ada vs C++, ...)

Re: OOP and large systems (was: Ada vs C++, ...)

[Larry Carroll]

The most impressive aspect of C++, as reported by a group of programmers
(most of them Fortran & C users) here who were forced to learn & use it for a
task last year, was inheritance.  With careful attention to design, they 
were able to re-use a lot of their own code, & re-design it quickly when 
needed.

Re: OOP and large systems.

[Larry Baker]

 larryc@puente.jpl.nasa.gov (Larry Carroll) writes:
|> The most impressive aspect of C++, as reported by a group of programmers
|> (most of them Fortran & C users) here who were forced to learn & use it for a
|> task last year, was inheritance.  With careful attention to design, they 
|> were able to re-use a lot of their own code, & re-design it quickly when 
|> needed.

We use C++, and there are several people here (myself included) with Ada
backgrounds, who would add to the above observation: Dynamic Binding has,
for us, been a very significant added benefit.  The combination of DB and
Inheritance is a very, very powerful mechanism.
--
Larry Baker
NEC America C&C Software Laboratories, Irving (near Dallas), TX
baker@csl.dl.nec.com  cs.utexas.edu!necssd!baker