Re: Intro to Ada OOP

[wellerd@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (David Weller)]

In article <19930325.064307.569@almaden.ibm.com> jnestoriak@vnet.IBM.COM writes:
>I've been loosely following the class vs tagged type "discussion"
>and as someone who has only limited knowledge of OOP I must admit
>that much of it was over my head.  Can anyone recommend a good
>book/paper to introduce OO concepts as they will be implemented in
>Ada 9X?
>

My best recommendation is to read the "Introducing Ada 9X" (Ada 9X Project
Report, Feb 1993).  You can obtain this by sending a request to the
Ada Information Clearing House at 800/AdaIC-11 or 703/685-1477.
It was primarily written by John Barnes, one of the key team
members of the original Ada syntax.  

IMHO, it does a very good job of explaining all of the new features of
Ada 9X (including class-wide programming, which you've seen so
hotly debated on this newsgroup).  Pay particular attention to
the features that Ada 9X provides that C++ doesn't (and never will,
for one reason or another): Child libraries, Protected records, and
the Special Needs Annexes.  

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>* These opinions are mine only.                     John Nestoriak *
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