Re: Implement Inheritance (Ada83)?

["Theodore E. Dennison" <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com>]

Kevin Weise <weisek@source.asset.com> wrote:
> In article <3j76tl$nu4@jabba.ess.harris.com>,
> Dwayne Barrington <dbarring@dw3f.ess.harris.com> wrote:
> >How do you implement inheritance using Ada83? Also, can you point me to any
> >reference material?
> 
> Most people will tell you that this can't be done.  However, I seem to
> remember an article in Ada Letters, circa 1989.  Don't exactly remember
> the title; but I think it had to do with "Generics Revisited -
> Implementing Inheritance in Ada '83."  Perhaps the author can respond to
> this, too; I believe he has a variety of papers available from his home
> page.  (Henry Baker, is this you?).


There is also a rather good article on this subject in one of the 1989 issues
of ACM's SIGPLAN. If I remember correctly the conclusion was that you can do
full object-oriented programming in Ada (83), in a roundabout way. I'm sorry,
but I don't remember which exact issue it was (or who the author was).

Since this has been asked twice in the last month, perhaps it is a good
candidate for the FAQ?





T.E.D.