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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: types and subtypes
Date: 13 Mar 2006 13:14:20 -0600
Date: 2006-03-13T13:14:20-06:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kVkBp6FIA7D3@eisner.encompasserve.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1142273325.634632.41020@j52g2000cwj.googlegroups.com

In article <1142273325.634632.41020@j52g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>, ada_student@yahoo.com writes:

> Why doesnt Ada subtyping also denote derivation as in the
> sense C++ base classes and derived classes do?

Perhaps because:

	1. They are different languages.

	2. C++ did not exist at the same time.

I haven't followed the whole discussion, but an Ada type can be
derived from another Ada type.  Subtypes are different.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-03-13 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-13 12:07 types and subtypes ada_student
2006-03-13 13:20 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2006-03-13 18:08   ` ada_student
2006-03-13 18:17     ` Ed Falis
2006-03-13 19:14     ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2006-03-13 19:42     ` Martin Krischik
2006-03-13 20:22     ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2006-03-14  8:47     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-03-14 14:39     ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2006-03-17  1:24     ` Peter C. Chapin
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