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From: Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>
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Subject: Re: Why not combine Ada and C++?
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In article <9qfdbk$lae$1@wanadoo.fr>, Baugereau says...
>
>It may seems stupid, but I think such a language would benefit from C++
>postfix notation.
>Object.Method () insteand of Method (Object)
>
>Thus you can chain methods calls more clearly (1) and you can benefit from a
>better completion from your IDE (2).
>1) Object.Method1().Method2() instead of Method2 (Method1 (Object))
>2) Object.Meth* gives only methods that apply to Object whereas Meth*
>doesn't have this information

<sigh> 
Not only has this issue been discussed to death here multiple times (answer?
Like most things in Ada, it was done for a reason.), but it is in the process of
being rehashed yet again in another thread. Please go read it before trying to
dredge the issue up yet again.

We now return you to your regularly-schdeduled flamewar, already in progress.

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