From: bu.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uvaarpa!software.org!blakemor@b loom-beacon.mit.edu (Alex Blakemore)
Subject: Re: Multiple Inheritance in Ada 9X/Pointers?
Date: 9 Jan 92 02:59:08 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1992Jan9.025908.20445@software.org> (raw)
In article <1992Jan8.153857.26769@cis.ohio-state.edu> weide@elephant.cis.ohio-s
tate.edu (Bruce Weide) writes:
>In article <1992Jan06.185123.188@microsoft.com> jimad@microsoft.com (Jim ADCOC
K) writes:
>>... in C++ pointers remain the greatest
>>power and the greatest danger. Perhaps we should be discussing doing away
>>with pointers in C++ -- not MI !?
> what about a software discipline that says, "Don't
> USE pointers." Anyone else think it's worth discussing?
no, that would hurt more than it would help.
just dont ABUSE pointers.
P.S. the strong typing in Ada along with the inability to do pointer
arithmetic avoid many of the nastier problems pointers can create
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1992-01-15 14:04 Multiple Inheritance in Ada 9X/Pointers? Guido van Rossum
1992-01-14 9:21 Jean-Pierre Rosen
1992-01-10 1:39 mole-end!mat
1992-01-09 0:18 Paul Barton-Davis
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