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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b2bad1e85ca20475 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,5b3c19b1631bb558 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-23 18:15:13 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!HSNX.atgi.net!newspeer.cwnet.com!sjc1.nntp.concentric.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!newsfeed.ozemail.com.au!news1.optus.net.au!optus!vrn.edu.au!news.deakin.edu.au!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A1DCF24.CF7A3908@deakin.edu.au> From: Peter Horan Organization: School of Computing and Mathematics X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The best thing/greatest feature summary References: <39DCB9E3.EAE8F426@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <39F9FCCE.D6719C6F@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 13:15:00 +1100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.184.80.73 X-Trace: news.deakin.edu.au 975032101 128.184.80.73 (Fri, 24 Nov 2000 13:15:01 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 13:15:01 EST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.eiffel:1204 comp.lang.ada:2395 Date: 2000-11-24T13:15:00+11:00 List-Id: Lothar Scholz wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 17:08:14 -0500, Wes Groleau > wrote: > > > >Since I didn't learn much, anyone game for an alternate question? > >Let X your favorite and Y the other (of Ada or Eiffel). What is > >the one feature (if any) of Y that you wish was in X ? > > X := Eiffel > Y := Common Lisp > > If wish that the :before :after method to patch a method would > be in Eiffel. What about class A feature f is do -- body end end class B inherit A redefine f feature f is do -- stuff done before Precursor -- execute the original body -- stuff done after end -- Peter Horan School of Computing and Mathematics peter@deakin.edu.au Deakin University +61-3-5227 1234 (Voice) Geelong, Victoria 3217, AUSTRALIA +61-3-5227 2028 (FAX) http://www.cm.deakin.edu.au/~peter -- The Eiffel guarantee: From specification to implementation -- (http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_eiffel.html)