Re: Tucker's interview with TechWorld (2008)

["J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Le 04/02/2011 06:15, Nasser M. Abbasi a écrit :
> "As it turned out, Jean and I had quite different views on how to
> design the object-oriented features of the updated language, and
> he ultimately left the project when it was decided to follow
> the design team's recommended approach."
> 
> Any one has an idea what was Jean Ichbiah's OO design for Ada, or
> how different that was from the one that was used for Ada 1995?
> 
There wasn't really an alternative design from Jean. Tucker was in
charge of designing the new version of the language, and Jean was a
member of the review team.

At the Salem meeting, Jean and Tuck disagreed on a very minor issue, but
went into a passionated argument. Eventually, the proposals were voted,
and Jean lost (by a very small number of votes). He packed his stuff,
left the room saying "Ada and I, it's over", and was never again seen in
the Ada world.

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