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From: mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel)
Subject: Re: Real OO
Date: 1996/05/01
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Date: 1996-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
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: jsa@organon.com wrote 19.04.96 on Re: Real OO:

: > Simply this:  Classwide operations can be defined anywhere by anyone.
: > They do not have to be defined along with the primitive types in
: > their packages.

And how is this different from Eiffel?

class A is

end

class B is

end

class C is

end


class ANYWHERE_BY_ANYONE is

 this_is_what_ada_calls_a_classwide_operation(a:A,b:B,c:C) is ... end;
       
end