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From: mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us
Subject: Re: ADA Objects Help!
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In article <D330pK.M1@nntpa.cb.att.com>, ka@socrates.hr.att.com (Kenneth Almquist) writes:
> swdecato@cs.nps.navy.mil wrote:

> I don't know about you, but when I issue a command in English I place the
> verb before the noun, as in "Mow the lawn."  This translates naturally to
> the C or Ada code:
> 
> 	mow(lawn);
> 
> The C++ alternative,
> 
> 	lawn->mow();
> 
> is backwards.
> 
> Not to make too big a deal about this--either order (noun before verb or
> verb before noun) is readable once you get used to it.  ...

When something seems backwards, often it is.  What you really mean is

	lawn->be_thou_mowd();

Now, is this part of the interface provided for a lawn mower to access?
-- 
 (This man's opinions are his own.)
 From mole-end				Mark Terribile
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	(Training and consulting in C, C++, UNIX, etc.)