Re: Abstract methods in ADA95

["SteveD" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com>]

"Jeffrey Carter" <jrcarter@acm.org> wrote in message
news:3DB0785A.1040304@acm.org...
> SteveD wrote:
> > Don't confuse abstract terminology with programming language
nomenclature.
> > Both Ada and C++ have "methods".
>
> There are no "methods", either in abstract terminology or actual
> programming languages. AFAIKS, "method" is a new name for an old concept
> made up to muddy the waters by people who were trying to present old
> concepts as something new that they'd invented.

Still not convinced?  Try:

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=method

I don't know what you consider new.  I learned this terminolgy in the early
80's, in computing thats a long time ago (man that makes me feel old).  As
for new names for old concepts... that's exactly how our language works.  It
is dynamic.  For example the term "gay" used in the Flinstones theme has a
completely different meaning than what it has today.

The term "toilet" means something different today than it did to my
grandmother.  When is the last time you heard somone talk about a "Crapper"?
After Thomas Crapper its inventor.

If you loosen up about historic definitions versus current definitions, I
thnk you'll find that "method" is a commonly accepted term.

SteveD

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