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 14:38:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!207.217.77.102!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3DB07F56.1040004@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> <3DB0785A.1040304@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:37:57 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.0.95 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1034977077 63.184.0.95 (Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:37:57 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:37:57 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29927 Date: 2002-10-18T21:37:57+00:00 List-Id: David C. Hoos wrote: > The Smalltalk language defined "methods" from the beginning. So, unless you > don't consider Smalltalk an "actual programming language," your preceding > statement is incorrect. Smalltalk has subprograms. Subprograms had existed for decades under that name before Smalltalk. That Smalltalk uses the meaningless term "method" to refer to subprograms doesn't change the fact that they're subprograms. I'm glad to be able to provide some small measure of interest and excitement to the readers of cla. -- Jeff Carter "Now look, Col. Batguano, if that really is your name." Dr. Strangelove