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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,419968b3ba96e143 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-15 09:07:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.174.75.178!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.f.de.plusline.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Ingo Marks Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OO dot notation Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 18:05:42 +0200 Organization: T-Online Message-ID: References: <1029357303.33848@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1029427484 04 30984 lYokbrkXS0AZnA 020815 16:04:44 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 340020534592-0001@t-dialin.net User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28057 Date: 2002-08-15T18:05:42+02:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > For all those who have been arguing that Ada would be much > more successful if it allowed the object.method() syntax, > it might be interesting to check out some of the goings on > in comp.lang.c++.moderated, in the 'Guru of the Week #84' > threads. Many of the C++ cognoscenti are coming to the > conclusion that the method(object) notation is superior, > and indeed that as few functions as possible should be made > methods of a class. It seems to me that the world isn't "mature" for Ada yet like Unix wasn't mature for the masses years ago until the first affordable powerful PCs came up. Maybe in the future Ada will enjoy a "revival" when people demand more powerful languages and discover the advantages of Ada. Could be! Ingo