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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,56131a5c3acc678e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-08 11:40:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!skynet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Question about OO programming in Ada Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:25:10 +0100 Organization: AdaCL Message-ID: <2063872.b7h5rQEXpJ@linux1.krischik.com> References: <5JmdnUF_9o_ABE-iRTvUrg@rapidnet.com> <1273941.m4G3ZzughP@linux1.krischik.com> Reply-To: krischik@users.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1070912244 03 9724 je8sG2q6ZfPzCuU 031208 19:37:24 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: EeQVP-ZAoe1Sav0vrR9mA4vLc++EQRdYrftR6XnyrlivbgfFb2Gy6c User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3239 Date: 2003-12-08T20:25:10+01:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: >> Because Ada 95 is strongly typed, the compiler can figure out at compile >> time which function to call, based on the type. This ensures that >> dispatching is done during compile time. You still have the look and >> feel of polymorphism, without the non-deterministic nature of runtime >> dispatching. > > What makes you think that C++ is any different in this regard? C++ isn't. However C++ programmers are: they use pointers and references a lot ;-) With Regards Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://adacl.sourceforge.net