Re: friend classes in ada95

["John J. Rusnak" <john.rusnak@mindspring.com>]

I'd have to weigh in on the opposite side.  "Class" and "object" are rather
easy terms to grasp.   And I can tell you through exeperience that the Ada
model has been difficult for many I have seen coming into the language to
grasp.  (Some with OO backgrounds and some without).  But to each their own
I suppose.

I agree with the comment on "code words", though.

-John



tmoran@bix.com wrote:

> > A tagged type is not a class. A tagged type is a programming construct
>   When first trying to understand this stuff, I personally found thinking
> of a tag on a record etc to be much easier to understand than all the
> OO stuff about classes and objects.  "class" and "object" are such
> vague terms they convey little information. Also they are used for
> a variety of *different* things (see mathematics, or MS's use of "class"
> in COM).  OTOH, if one's intent is to certify membership in an
> exclusive club by the use of code words known only to the members,
> then "class" is as good as anything.