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On 01/11/2010 01:07, in article
214a69e5-c640-444c-8417-65a1102e20de@s4g2000yql.googlegroups.com, "Shark8"
<onewingedshark@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Oct 31, 4:47�pm, "(see below)" <yaldni...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> We are united in thinking that Ada should never look like C++.
>> I'm confident that there is no chance of that happening.
... 
> Indeed. Which is why I tend to scrutinize the features 'imported' from
> c/C++ derived languages; the Java-style Interface, for example.
> Is it useful, yes; just like the specifications in generics can be
> used to solve a whole class of problems so can interfaces deliver a
> guarantee that some object contains some function. {I've already
> stated that they would have made Interfaces a lot more user-friendly
> with the notion of properties; delegation, where some member of the
> object implements the interface or some portion of it, would have been
> nice too.}

The OOP aspect of Ada that makes me grumpy is the brain-deadening awfulness
of the gyrations needed for declaring constructors.

-- 
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk