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From: Dave Jones <davedave@io.com>
Subject: Re: Ada terminology (was Re: Real OO)
Date: 1996/05/07
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David Hopwood wrote:
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but...
> Why does Ada use the words 'type' and 'class' in the opposite sense
> to everyone else?
> 

This has always driven me crazy too. 

The reasons for Ada using a different set of terms are purely 
historical.  (Basically, it has to do with the fact that Ada was 
designed in the 70's before OO became firmly established.)  There 
is no functional reason for the differences in terminology.

If someone would post an authoritative Smalltalk <--> Ada or 
C++ <--> Ada conversion chart, that would be nice.

-- Dave Jones
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