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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" Subject: Re: Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Date: 1997/09/04 Message-ID: <340F39E3.4B71@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 269928254 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) References: <340F20A0.49B5@ac3i.dseg.ti.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > In Ada, every single package must have a separate spec, so Ada > programmers are used to applying this pattern everywhere. But I'd > wager that very few Eiffel programmers would consider introducing an > abstract parent class for every one of their concrete classes, just to > simulate Ada packaging. .... Hear, hear! Why would an Eiffel programmer want to simulate Ada, when he/she could actually use Ada? (And vice versa, lest anyone think I'm making another language-bigot comment...) The discussion of language merits is not served by either side trying to avoid consideration of a difference by offering a kludgy workaround of the other language's feature. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be wwgrol AT pseserv3.fw.hac.com Don't send advertisements to this domain unless asked! All disk space on fw.hac.com hosts belongs to either Hughes Defense Communications or the United States government. Using email to store YOUR advertising on them is trespassing! ----------------------------------------------------------------------