Re: C++ as a way to use private types in C

[WELTY@GE-CRD.ARPA (WELTY RICHARD P)]

Date: 19-MAR-1987 13:52
From: Richard Welty
Sender: WELTY
Subject: Re: C++ as a way to use private types in C
To: info-ada@ada20.arpa@smtp
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Argh!  This is a reconstruction of the earlier posting that I refered to
in an earlier posting (our mailer blew it ...)

> Larry @ jpl-vlsi.arpa writes:

>C++ is very similar to Ada, except for tasking where the older C-style
>facilities are used.

C++ contains a number of serious differences, actually ...

Objects in C++ (like objects in Flavors, CommonLoops, Smalltalk, etc.)
may be dynamically allocated and freed -- Ada Generics are a somewhat
weaker notion.  Also, C++ provides single inheritance (unfortunately,
it does not support multiple inheritance; its designers feel that multiple
inheritance has unacceptable performance penalties).

			-- Richard Welty (welty@ge-crd.arpa)

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