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Date: 7 Nov 92 18:49:28 GMT
From: widget!jgg@uunet.uu.net  (John Goodsen)
Subject: Re: OOD, Ada, and Inheritance
Message-ID: <1992Nov7.184928.15152@evb.com>
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>
>I recall that ADA's genericity system allows you to pass functions and
>procedures as parameters in a way reminiscent of the C function
>pointers (although ADA is type-safe).  I would look into the
>possibility of simulating inheritance by setting up structures of
>functions when objects are created.  You should be able to get single
>inheritance without too much trouble.  Maybe an ADA guru can suggest
>some details.
>
>

Look at chapter 9 of "Object-Oriented Reuse, Concurrency and
Distribution - An Ada-Based Approach", by Atkinson - ACM PRESS.

It provides a translation strategy of DRAGOON to Ada.

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John Goodsen                           PCIS Programme
Software Process & Environments        Ada Joint Program Office       
EVB Software Engineering               goodsenj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu
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