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From: Robert*@ <Robert_member@newsguy.com>
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Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word "_pkg" be part of it?
Date: 11 Oct 2001 05:07:27 -0700
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In article <slrn9sanqm.cb.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no>, Preben
says...
>
>On 10 Oct 2001 11:53:00 -0700, Robert* @ wrote:
>>  
>> But Method(parameters...) is not in the true spirit of OO. (yes, it is
>> syntax only, but syntax is important in how one thinks of things).
>

>Strikes me as an odd statement. Look at:
>
>   http://www.adapower.com/articles/class.html
>
 
Yes, yes. I know about the above link and have read long time ago.

As was said many times, object.method() vs. method(object); is only syntax, but
it is an important syntax difference.

We can argue this for many years to come. Technical discussions on this mean 
very little any more. At the end of the day, if you want more people to 
use Ada, Ada must implements the class construct and allow programmers 
to use object.method().