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,a8985ede8fe3d111 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-05 03:17:51 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!epflnews!dinews.epfl.ch!di.epfl.ch!Magnus.Kempe From: Magnus.Kempe@di.epfl.ch (Magnus Kempe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is Ada the future? [was: Is C++ the future?] Date: 5 Oct 1994 08:18:13 GMT Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Distribution: world Message-ID: <1994Oct5.091124@di.epfl.ch> References: <36msgr$qq2@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <36q7m5$4ef@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: lglsun4.epfl.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 1994-10-05T08:18:13+00:00 List-Id: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo) writes: : : I'm preparing a rebuttal to the 9x-cplus paper, : but I need some clarification on Ada 9x first: IN OTHER WORDS: you don't know Ada 9X, but you will compare it to C++. Nice trick. : How does polymorphism (dynamic dispatch) work in Ada 9x? : : Is Ada Covariant, Contravariant, or Invariant? : : Could someone please explain "generic derived types and generic formal : packages" and how they are different than C++ templates? In how many words are we expected to explain these things to you? How about FIRST learning what Ada 9X offers, and THEN comparing it to C++ (assuming of course that you already have first-hand knowledge of C++). RTFM. -- Magnus Kempe "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, Magnus.Kempe@di.epfl.ch Give me Liberty... or give me Death!" -- Patrick Henry