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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
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Amir Yantimirov wrote:

> Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message
> news:<vqil7v81l8p8ocbv2ke9ectl8l33rr3gs8@4ax.com>...

>> In my view to fully support ADT would mean that any of such type
>> interfaces would be available for private implementation.
> 
> In my ideal world you don't need inhere anything:
> http://www174.pair.com/yamir/programming/interfaces.htm

Maybe it is just a wording problem. Many dislike the word "inheritance". 
(:-))

>> -----
>> (*) I intentionally omit type ... is tagged ..., because I believe
>> that *all* types have to be tagged.
> 
> Not rare opinion. But I found it somewhere contradicting with you
> background :). Lots of types I works with has hardwired bits structure.

Yes, but this does not mean that a hardwired bits cannot be "tagged". You 
can have even Booleans "tagged". The idea is to have different 
representations for Boolean and Boolean'Class.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de