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 Xref: utzoo comp.object:2862 comp.lang.ada:5059 Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.ada Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!linus!linus!linus!mbunix!sdl From: sdl@lyra.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk) Subject: Re: ada-c++ productivity In-Reply-To: jordan@aero.org's message of 15 Mar 91 22:46:26 GMT Message-ID: Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Nntp-Posting-Host: lyra.mitre.org Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA. References: <1991Mar10.151220.2581@forwiss.uni-passau.de> <11966@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1991Mar15.224626.27077@aero.org> Distribution: usa Date: 25 Mar 91 12:42:05 List-Id: In article <1991Mar15.224626.27077@aero.org> jordan@aero.org (Larry M. Jordan) writes: > I hate the C'ness of C++, but I find myself implementing many things in > C++ just because of inheritance and dynamic binding. If Ada is ever > to become mainstream (and I seriously hope it does) inheritance and > dyn. binding had better be incorporated into the language. As I understand it, single inheritance with constrained polymorphism will probably be incorporated in Ada 9X. The Ada community is now aware that the old argument "Use Ada--it sure beats Fortran!" is wearing thin. -- Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 (617)271-7753 ARPA: sdl@mbunix.mitre.org UUCP: ...{att,decvax,genrad,necntc,ll-xn,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdl "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"