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From: donh@syd.csa.com.au (Don Harrison)
Subject: Re: Real OO
Date: 1996/05/03
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Date: 1996-05-03T00:00:00+00:00
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Matt Kennel writes:
[...]

:Sather:
:
:abstract class $DRIVERS is

Shouldn't this be a concrete? class to be equivalent to the Eiffel example?

[...]

:class VEHICLE is
:    register_driver_if_valid(d:$DRIVER):BOOL; -- return success
:end;

Aren't side-effect free functions part of Sather philosophy?

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