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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dweller@dfw.net (David Weller) Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the .... Date: 1996/02/20 Message-ID: <4gd1fs$s5t@dfw.dfw.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 140400040 references: <4g2r2r$ded@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> <4gc1st$6qj@ux1.lmu.edu> organization: DFWNet -- Public Internet Access newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-02-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <4gc1st$6qj@ux1.lmu.edu>, Ray Toal wrote: >That the C++ designers saw the inherent need to build such a packaging >facility into the language itself, rather than leaving it to >environment, must have been an infuence of Ada's (though I'm not >sure). > That is mentioned in Bjarne Stroustrup's, "Design and Evolution n of C++" book. C++ namesspaces are like a slightly crippled version of Ada 83's packages, and nothing at all as powerful as hierarchical packages in Ada 95. -- GNAT = GNAT is Not an Ada Translator ==Ada 95 Booch Components: www.ocsystems.com/booch or www.dfw.net/~dweller== Reality: Work, Work, Work, Guitar. | Plugged: Fender Telecaster Deluxe Fantasy: Guitar, Guitar, Guitar, Work(ha!) | Unplugged: Yamaha CG-150SA