From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7251fa99aab97e06 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-10 15:30:58 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!linus!linus.mitre.org!linus!mbunix!emery From: emery@dr_no.mitre.org (David Emery) Subject: Re: Ichibah flames, and flames out over, Ada 9X In-Reply-To: jgg@evb.com's message of Wed, 10 Mar 1993 20:15:15 GMT Message-ID: Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Nntp-Posting-Host: dr-no.mitre.org Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA. References: <1993Mar10.201515.6295@evb.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 22:41:43 GMT Date: 1993-03-10T22:41:43+00:00 List-Id: >A class in CLOS, smalltalk and C++ are not identical already. >The argument that if Ada uses the word "class" then it has >to be exactly like C++'s implementation of a class doesn't >hold water. What percentage of practicing C++ programmers know CLOS and/or SmallTalk? My experience (direct and indirect, including the several places my wife has worked recently) is "few". Sure, there are people who know multiple languages. In this case, Ada's tagged types would also be a reasonable concept (akin to Modula-3). But, for the great masses of C++ programmers, the word "class" means "C++ class", and I believe their reaction is "different is wrong". dave