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From: RSWhite@nospam.somewhere.ia.us (Robert S. White)
Subject: Re: Question for the folks who designed Ada95
Date: 1999/04/30
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In article <7g9kgl$adp$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com says...
>
>In article <7g8drh$1q00$1@odie.mcleod.net>,
>  RSWhite@nospam.somewhere.ia.us (Robert S. White) wrote:

>>   And just why do you need to know the implementation
>>  when you are just
>> an oo user of the object?   Can we say "loosely coupled"
>> here?
>
>What has oo got to do with this. It is just a matter of
>data abstraction. Abstract data types and objects are not
>the same thing!

  I was reacting to the general oo comments in the previous post.
Does not oo use data abstraction as one of its building blocks?  But
I see your point in that what we are discussing in a more 
general sense are features of using ADTs.

  I'm caught again arguing with a professor ;-)
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