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: 103376,8a602a7f65bebaea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-18 14:15:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!nntp-relay.ihug.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Abstract methods in ADA95 References: <20021017-143635-828420@foorum.com> <3DAF0ECE.7080204@acm.org> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.2 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:15:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1034975708 144.132.47.50 (Sat, 19 Oct 2002 07:15:08 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 07:15:08 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29923 Date: 2002-10-18T21:15:08+00:00 List-Id: Robert A Duff wrote: > Maybe when our field is as mature as, say, chemistry, we will have > common terminology. :-( Well, at least we have "variable" as a common term. No one would object to that. Oh... "object". Oh well, never mind. Dale