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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,1592759aa83d0d45 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-31 13:00:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!msunews!not-for-mail From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: MI in Ada 200X (was: Suggestion for Ada 200x - Interface inheritance) Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 15:58:13 -0400 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: References: <0Pxza.699607$OV.652508@rwcrnsc54> <4a4de33a.0305280557.5d5aba37@posting.google.com> <3ED56CA9.6050301@attbi.com> <4a4de33a.0305290406.567b7451@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: arctic.cse.msu.edu X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38239 Date: 2003-05-31T15:58:13-04:00 List-Id: "M�rio Amado Alves" wrote in message news:4a4de33a.0305290406.567b7451@posting.google.com... > The pros include "naturalness" of expression, occuring both at > creation > > type Child is new Mother, Father; This expression is very unnatural since outside hermaphroditic species a child is by definition not substitutable for either a mother or father ;)