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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-12 11:17:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Ed Falis Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? Message-ID: <20030912141708.1ea7d341.falis@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.9.4claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:17:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.160.177.216 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1063390673 68.160.177.216 (Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:17:53 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:17:53 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42428 Date: 2003-09-12T18:17:53+00:00 List-Id: On 12 Sep 2003 12:02:05 -0400 Stephen Leake wrote: > I think we can all agree on this statement: > > C++ style multiple inheritance is useful in some situations, and gives > surprising results in others. So why take the C++ implementation of MI as the benchmark? Consider the Eiffel implementation, which provides much more control, and IMO, a much cleaner resolution of the issues. (Not to mention that Eiffel's aesthetic is much closer to Ada's). - Ed