From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e866340cc4a9381f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-07 11:53:09 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: sparky!uunet!widget!jgg From: jgg@evb.com (John Goodsen) Subject: Re: testing Generics Message-ID: <1993Mar7.185958.5376@evb.com> Organization: EVB Software Engineering, Inc. Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1993 18:59:58 GMT Date: 1993-03-07T18:59:58+00:00 List-Id: jeffe@osiris.CSS.GOV (Jeffery R. Etrick) writes: > >Generics is Ada-ese for reusable objects, much the same way that objects >in >C++ or other OOP languages. Once a reusable object has been tested, it >should not have to be retested as it is imbedded into other applications. > Generics should not be related to C++ objects (classes) or similar concepts in other OO languages. Generics are quite orthogonal classes and a welcome augmentation to the power of classes. This is why C++ has (is) adopting Template classes (inspired by Ada generics)... -- John Goodsen PCIS Programme Software Process & Environments Ada Joint Program Office EVB Software Engineering goodsenj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu jgg@evb.com -- John Goodsen Software Process & Environments EVB Software Engineering jgg@evb.com