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From: John Robinson <john@jr-and-assoc.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: pointers & OOP
Date: 1999/05/10
Date: 1999-05-10T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CFXIZOA$6wN3EwM8@jr-and-assoc.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.BSF.4.10.9905062007340.27089-100000@shell5.ba.best.com

In article <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905062007340.27089-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>
, Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> writes
>On Wed, 5 May 1999, John Robinson wrote:
>
>> In article <7gq27t$vnd$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-
>> dejanews.com> writes
>> >In article <MVsZ8DAT0AM3EwF3@jr-and-assoc.demon.co.uk>,
>> >  John Robinson <john@jr-and-assoc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hence, a mapping from UML to Ada 95 should always map a single UML class
>> >> box onto a package containing a single tagged type.  Although the
>> >> language allows multiple tagged types to be declared in a single package
>> >> it makes no sense whatsoever to do so.
>
>OK, you agree with Bertrand Meyer that the class is the unit of modularity 
>I happen to think otherwise. 

I am happy to agree with Meyer.  But we all have opinions and yours are
as valid as mine.  I only wish everyone would approach life that way.

<snip>
>
>> The use (in general) of one "major" type per package goes back to my
>
>Well, now its become one "major" type per package. This is a lot weaker
>than your original claim. I might even agree with this one, 

Yes - if I have a fault it is getting suckered into replying quickly and
not reviewing the words before sending (I actually thought I used the
word "major" or "primary" or similar in the original posting - but I
probably didn't).  In any case, any implementation or secondary types I
use are not (in general) tagged types.

 ... and maybe I have more than one fault!
-- 
John Robinson
John Robinson & Associates
www.jr-and-assoc.demon.co.uk




  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-05-10  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-05-01  0:00 pointers & OOP Matthew Heaney
1999-05-01  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-05-03  0:00 ` John Robinson
1999-05-03  0:00   ` Samuel Mize
1999-05-04  0:00     ` Martin C. Carlisle
1999-05-04  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-04  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-04  0:00     ` Mike Silva
1999-05-05  0:00     ` Francois Godme
1999-05-05  0:00     ` John Robinson
1999-05-05  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-08  0:00         ` Ehud Lamm
1999-05-05  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-05  0:00         ` John Robinson
1999-05-06  0:00           ` Brian Rogoff
1999-05-07  0:00             ` dennison
1999-05-07  0:00               ` Brian Rogoff
1999-05-10  0:00                 ` dennison
1999-05-11  0:00                   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-05-11  0:00                     ` dennison
1999-05-10  0:00             ` John Robinson [this message]
1999-05-14  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1999-05-14  0:00                 ` David Botton
1999-05-14  0:00           ` Matthew Heaney
1999-05-14  0:00             ` Ed Falis
1999-05-05  0:00       ` Matthew Heaney
1999-05-06  0:00       ` Tom Moran
1999-05-06  0:00         ` John Robinson
1999-05-06  0:00           ` Tom Moran
1999-05-07  0:00             ` dennison
1999-05-07  0:00             ` dennison
1999-05-07  0:00             ` dennison
1999-05-10  0:00             ` John Robinson
1999-05-14  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1999-05-06  0:00       ` Simon Wright
1999-05-06  0:00         ` John Robinson
1999-05-08  0:00           ` Simon Wright
1999-05-10  0:00             ` John Robinson
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1999-05-01  0:00 Tom Moran
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