From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,599b13f801b0f9eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-25 19:14:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: C++ virtual function mechanism in Ada ? Message-ID: <8TC4uKLBjMDq@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: Organization: LJK Software Date: 25 Jul 2001 22:14:31 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 996113673 216.44.122.34 (Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:14:33 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:14:33 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10583 Date: 2001-07-25T22:14:31-05:00 List-Id: In article , "DuckE" writes: > "Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message > news:eO4BFW3WWD3M@eisner.encompasserve.org... >> In article , > Didier.pieroux writes: >> >> > As most of you know, one of the feature of C++ is the virtual function >> > mechanism. >> >> I think that is a very bad assumption in an Ada newsgroup. >> >> Perhaps those who have been vocally comparing C++ features to Ada features >> know C++, but that is certainly not the majority of the readership of the >> comp.lang.ada newsgroup. > > Wanna take a vote? Absolutely not ! Somebody started a vote in another newsgroup I follow, and it was a real waste of bandwidth. > I think the most of the readership does know C++, but chooses Ada as a > better choice. What about those of us who chose Ada before there was a C++ ?