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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:07:17 GMT, Ian Wild <ian@cfmu.eurocontrol.int>
wrote:


>I've not seen it mentioned yet, but you really need to add
>at least *three* new incantations:
>
> -o- To attract Java programmers you need "object.method()", and
>make it dispatching.
>
>  -o- To attract C++ programmers you need a non-dispatching
>"object.method()", and a dispatching "access_to_object->method()".

I disagree with the last one. Consider the Ada justification for not
differentiating the dot notation between 'pointers' and objects, and I
think this should be applied to any future change of method calling.

Personally, now I'm using C++, I find the -> a pain!