Re: OOD in Ada?

[Jim Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>]

Steve_H wrote:

> I wish someone would create a new language just like Ada in everything, 
> except the OO uses the normal 'class' construct as in Java and C++.
> 
> I think the main reason why Ada is not too popular is that its OO constructs
> are not the norm, they do not look like what almost every programmer from
> other languages is used to looking at.
> 
> It seems it should not be too hard for some language design expert to
> design such a language. Or is there is anything out there that looks like
> Ada, but with the 'class' for OO? Modula3 may be?
> 


And we all know just how popular Modula3 is.

Using a "class" structure like C++ or Java will break everything
dealing with Ada packages. Breaking packages breaks all forms of
encapsulation and name space in Ada. Breaking these destroys
control of visibility of compilation units.

Yea. I guess we should make Ada more like C++ and Java.
That will fix everything.

Jim Rogers