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From: bs@alice.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup <9758-26353> 0112760)
Subject: Re: Mut. Recurs. in Ada9X w/o Breaking Encaps.? (LONG)
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stt@dsd.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) writes

 > This capability of Ada 9X is vaguely related to the "assignment attempt"
 > of Eiffel, and the dynamic_cast of ANSI/ISO C++-to-be,

Ah. Hmm. I have noted a tendency to treat newer C++ features as if they were
some sort of science fiction. Features such as dynamic_cast are currently
available in widely-used commercial implementations of C++ as well as being
part of the emerging standard.

I think it would be best to leave out phrases such as ``ANSI/ISO C++-to-be''
as possibly prejudicial. Alternatively, one could start a flamewar by trying
to be fair by applying matching adjectives to Ada9X and Eiffel.

	- Bjarne