From: smize@news.imagin.net (Samuel Mize)
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: <5us424$3fkl$1@prime.imagin.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5uq95j$hgg$2@news2.digex.net
>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."
Note that (2) is what the Ada Rationale says, in detail. I agree, we
should be careful to emulate it.
Sam Mize
--
Samuel Mize -- smize@imagin.net -- Team Ada
(personal net account)
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1997-09-06 0:00 Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Ell
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Samuel Mize [this message]
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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
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1997-09-01 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Don Harrison
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1997-08-28 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1997-09-02 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Erik Ernst
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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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
1997-09-04 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
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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 ` 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 ` 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
1997-09-10 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 ` 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
1997-09-11 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
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-08 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
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
[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
1997-09-01 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
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1997-08-26 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
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1997-08-27 0:00 ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Bertrand Meyer
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1997-08-27 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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[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
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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 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-13 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
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
1997-09-04 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 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Robert S. White
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
1997-08-28 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
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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
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Suzanne Zampella
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[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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