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From: Eirik Mangseth <emangset@online.no>
Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ?
Date: 1997/01/03
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Jean-Marc Jezequel wrote:
> 
> In article <5ahqo6$gk6@news4.digex.net>, ell@access2.digex.net (Ell) writes:
> 
> ><<< Led (first or second) wrt the OO paradigm: Private data members,
> >static resolution of overloaded functions, protected members, and multiple
> >inheritance. Correct me if I'm wrong.  Remember this is wrt the early
> >'80's.>>>
> >
> >: 1) C++ has added nothing new that has not been pioneered elsewhere.
> >: (Classes from Simula, multiple inheritance, genericty, were all
> >: around before C++ adopted them)
> >
> >You only addressed one of my points (MI) and would you please tell me
> >which OOPLs had MI before C++.
> 
> Eiffel has multiple inheritance, genericity, exception handling, GC etc. since 1986.
> 
> For the record:
> Smalltalk has "Private data members", GC and all OO mechanisms at least since 1980 (in facts well before).
> 
> Ada has static typing, information hiding, genericity, exception handling and
> "static resolution of overloaded functions" officialy since 1983, but these
> were there in the proposals long before.
> 
> But as someone else has said, there is nothing wrong in using other's good ideas,
> as long as they are credited.
> 
> --
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And as Tom Peters once said:

"There's nothing wrong with copying as long as the copy is an
improvement on the original". 

Now, is C++ an improvement of the original ideas of OO?