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: 103376,8a602a7f65bebaea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-18 14:08:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!208.49.253.98!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3DB0785A.1040304@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Abstract methods in ADA95 References: <20021017-143635-828420@foorum.com> <3DAF0ECE.7080204@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:08:59 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.0.95 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1034975339 63.184.0.95 (Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:08:59 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:08:59 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29921 Date: 2002-10-18T21:08:59+00:00 List-Id: SteveD wrote: > Don't confuse abstract terminology with programming language nomenclature. > Both Ada and C++ have "methods". There are no "methods", either in abstract terminology or actual programming languages. AFAIKS, "method" is a new name for an old concept made up to muddy the waters by people who were trying to present old concepts as something new that they'd invented. -- Jeff Carter "Now look, Col. Batguano, if that really is your name." Dr. Strangelove