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From: ell@access4.digex.net (Ell)
Subject: Re: Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract)
Date: 1997/09/06
Date: 1997-09-06T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5uq95j$hgg$2@news2.digex.net> (raw)



W. Wesley Groleau x4923 (wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com) wrote:
: 
: ... I was responding
: to those who want to deny that a good feature language X is not
: an advantage because language Y can accomplish the same thing by
: an unintended use of features it DOES have.  Those are the folks 
: that first brought up the idea.
: 
: It happens on the Ada side, too.  "Multiple inheritance is not
: important because we can simulate it this way."  What the Ada advocate
: should say is one of (1) "We think MI is bad because"  OR (2) "We
: looked at the _goal_ of multiple inheritance and decided that _goal_
: could be better acheived by..." OR (3) "OK, we'll let you have that 
: as an advantage of your language."

What's invalid about saying not saying (1), (2), or (3) and leaving things
"equal".  Certainly that situation _does_ exist.

Elliott
-- 
"The domain object model is the foundation of OOD."
"We should seek out proven optimal practices and use them."
See SW Modeller vs SW Pragmatist Central: http://www.access.digex.net/~ell






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1997-09-06  0:00 Ell [this message]
1997-09-06  0:00 ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Samuel Mize
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1997-09-15  0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-16  0:00 ` Owen Fellows
1997-09-12  0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-12  0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-12  0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-09-12  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-15  0:00     ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-09-16  0:00       ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-09  0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-15  0:00 ` Owen Fellows
1997-10-13  0:00   ` Bill Foote
     [not found] <EForKz.FJ7@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-01  0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-02  0:00   ` Don Harrison
     [not found] <01bcb389$24f579d0$1c10d30a@ntwneil>
1997-08-28  0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-08-29  0:00   ` Paul Johnson
1997-08-29  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
     [not found]       ` <EFqDC8.342@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-02  0:00         ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-03  0:00           ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-03  0:00             ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-03  0:00           ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-04  0:00           ` Erik Ernst
     [not found]           ` <EFyrH2.7z2@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-04  0:00             ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05  0:00               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06  0:00                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-05  0:00               ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05  0:00                 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05  0:00               ` Don Harrison
1997-09-05  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Fergus Henderson
1997-09-06  0:00                     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-05  0:00                 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-09  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-09  0:00                     ` Richard Kenner
1997-09-10  0:00                     ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-12  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12  0:00                           ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-11  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                   ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                   ` Don Harrison
1997-09-04  0:00             ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-05  0:00               ` Don Harrison
     [not found]                 ` <340fdb9f.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-06  0:00               ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-05  0:00             ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-06  0:00               ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-06  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06  0:00               ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-06  0:00               ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-07  0:00                   ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-07  0:00                     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Don Harrison
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-16  0:00                           ` Don Harrison
1997-09-18  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-18  0:00                               ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-09-20  0:00                                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-10  0:00                           ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-11  0:00                           ` Don Harrison
1997-09-11  0:00                           ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12  0:00                             ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-09-12  0:00                             ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-13  0:00                               ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-17  0:00                             ` Don Harrison
1997-09-18  0:00                               ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-10  0:00                           ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16  0:00                               ` Don Harrison
1997-09-17  0:00                                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10  0:00                           ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10  0:00                             ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-12  0:00                               ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-13  0:00                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-11  0:00                             ` Lee Webber
1997-09-15  0:00                               ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-12  0:00                             ` Don Harrison
1997-09-11  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-16  0:00                       ` Frederic Guerin
1997-09-06  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-08  0:00               ` John G. Volan
1997-09-09  0:00                 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-09  0:00                   ` John G. Volan
1997-09-10  0:00                     ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-09  0:00                 ` Paul Johnson
     [not found]               ` <dewar.873826570@merv>
1997-09-09  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-11  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-07  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08  0:00               ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09  0:00               ` Don Harrison
1997-09-09  0:00                 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                   ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16  0:00                       ` Don Harrison
1997-09-17  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-05  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-01  0:00   ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-02  0:00     ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-03  0:00       ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-08-07  0:00 Safety-critical development in Ada and Eiffel Ken Garlington
1997-08-12  0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-25  0:00   ` Design by Contract Bertrand Meyer
     [not found]     ` <3402d123.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
1997-08-26  0:00       ` Nick Leaton
     [not found]         ` <3402e51d.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
     [not found]           ` <3402E8C9.3384D976@calfp.co.uk>
     [not found]             ` <dewar.872631036@merv>
     [not found]               ` <3403F668.F6B57D97@calfp.co.uk>
     [not found]                 ` <34041331.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
     [not found]                   ` <3404696D.4487EB71@eiffel.com>
1997-08-27  0:00                     ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Bertrand Meyer
     [not found]                       ` <34048FDC.13728473@eiffel.com>
1997-08-27  0:00                         ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-28  0:00                           ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
     [not found]                             ` <EForsv.Fqo@ecf.toronto.edu>
     [not found]                               ` <JSA.97Aug29191413@alexandria.organon.com>
     [not found]                                 ` <EFqDAG.2zn@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-08-30  0:00                                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-02  0:00                                   ` Don Harrison
1997-09-02  0:00                                     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-03  0:00                                       ` Don Harrison
     [not found]                                     ` <EFwuzD.BxE@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-04  0:00                                       ` John G. Volan
1997-09-04  0:00                                         ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05  0:00                                           ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05  0:00                                             ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-06  0:00                                               ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-08  0:00                                               ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-06  0:00                                             ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-08  0:00                                           ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-09  0:00                                             ` Robert S. White
1997-09-09  0:00                                             ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09  0:00                                               ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10  0:00                                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09  0:00                                             ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-11  0:00                                               ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                                                 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-12  0:00                                                 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-14  0:00                                                   ` Ken Garlington
1997-09-09  0:00                                           ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-10  0:00                                             ` John Viega
1997-09-10  0:00                                               ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-05  0:00                                         ` Franck Arnaud
1997-09-05  0:00                                         ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-04  0:00                                       ` Don Harrison
1997-09-05  0:00                                         ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09  0:00                                           ` Don Harrison
1997-09-09  0:00                                             ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10  0:00                                               ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-10  0:00                                                 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-12  0:00                                               ` Don Harrison
1997-09-10  0:00                                             ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-10  0:00                                               ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-10  0:00                                                 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-12  0:00                                                   ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-10  0:00                                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-11  0:00                                                   ` Matt Austern
1997-09-12  0:00                                                     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-13  0:00                                                     ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-11  0:00                                               ` Robert S. White
1997-09-11  0:00                                                 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12  0:00                                                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-13  0:00                                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-12  0:00                                               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-13  0:00                                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-16  0:00                                                   ` Brian Rogoff
1997-08-28  0:00                           ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-28  0:00                             ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-08-28  0:00                       ` Tucker Taft
1997-08-28  0:00                         ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-08-28  0:00                           ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29  0:00                             ` Suzanne Zampella
1997-08-29  0:00                               ` Jon S Anthony
     [not found]                             ` <EFnK8D.Lsv@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-08-29  0:00                               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-30  0:00                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-30  0:00                                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-01  0:00                                     ` Patrick Doyle
     [not found]                             ` <340E9BA2.32B3@rbgg252.rbg1.siemens.de>
1997-09-07  0:00                               ` Robert Dewar
     [not found]                         ` <3406A707.787D@dmu.ac.uk>
1997-08-29  0:00                           ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-08-29  0:00                             ` Ralph Paul
1997-09-01  0:00                           ` Don Harrison
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