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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.236.121.133 with SMTP id r5mr22683293yhh.28.1409165191809; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:46:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.88.85 with SMTP id s79mr62709qgd.18.1409165191782; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:46:31 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!m5no3644918qaj.0!news-out.google.com!j6ni8038qas.0!nntp.google.com!m5no3644915qaj.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:46:31 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=75.178.36.13; posting-account=bDZo8goAAADwRO71ouDFRMCIZ96XBCK3 NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.178.36.13 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Ada 95 -- Ada 2005 -- Ada 2012 From: gdotone@gmail.com Injection-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:46:31 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 1927 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1157007615 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:21938 Date: 2014-08-27T11:46:31-07:00 List-Id: newbie: i'm learning Ada now using an Ada 95 book=E2=80=A6 question: is the object oriented features so different in Ada 2012 that i should not = use a book teaching Ada 95, the book is the second edition by Koffman and F= eldman "Ada 95: Problem Solving and Program Design" I was reading the Ada Style Guide and got to the part about Object Oriented= features and realized how dated this document might be. >From Ada Style Guide: "Chapter 9 defines a set of guidelines in common objected-oriented terms th= at exploit some of the features of Ada 95 that are not in Ada 83. The guide= lines discuss the use of the new Ada =EF=BF=BC=EF=BF=BCfeatures of type extension (tagged types), abstract tagge= d types, and abstract subprograms to implement single inheritance, multiple= inheritance, and polymorphism." https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Ada_Style_Guide.pdf Thanks everyone, g.