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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better! Date: 1997/01/09 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 208583564 sender: news@organon.com (news) references: <32ce7009.280817694@news.zip.com.au> <32D0CA27.44C2@ghgcorp.com> organization: Organon Motives, Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes: > > However, if I remember correctly, Alex Stepanov had earlier tried to > > implement a library like the C++ STL in Ada, but was incapable of > > doing it. This would indicate that the C++ template mechanism is more > > flexible than the Ada generics. > > What Alex told me about that effort was that he was unable to find > a single Ada compiler that implemented the standard accurately enough > to enable him to do what he wanted to do with his library. 10+ years ago... I wonder how well then he would have been able to get a C++ compiler to do anything with any kind template ... AFATG, _today's_ C++ compilers have had more than their share of trouble with these - and with the STL too. /Jon -- Jon Anthony Organon Motives, Inc. Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 jsa@organon.com