Re: the Ada object oriented-approach is stupid

[Michael Stark <mstark@cs.umd.edu>]

partha sarathi panda wrote:
> 
> can anyone convince me on why the Ada object-oriented model does even
> compare with  the tight c++ one?

I wouldn't even try ;)

Seriously, the most important aspects of the OO model are language
independent.  As far as OOP languages go, C++ and Ada are closer to
each other than a "pure" OO language such as Smalltalk.  For example,
neither C++ nor Ada require classes to be derived from a root class 
Object, and both allow objects to be declared as variables as well as
allocated from the heap, while other OO languages require all objects
to be created dynamically. 

I am not claiming a lot of similarity between Ada & C++, just these
aspects of how classes work.  Again, the most important OO concepts
are language independent and used in requirements analysis and design.

Mike
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