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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: If not Ada, what else...
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:30:36 +0100
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> "Simon Wright" <simon@pushface.org> wrote in message 
> news:lyegk1jk41.fsf@pushface.org...
> ...
>>> Why repeating this flawed syntax for classes? It is again about
>>> fundamentals, privacy is not a type property. It is of a module.
>>
>> Well, as far as I can see protected types, tasks and (in this
>> not-to-be-taken-seriously proposal) classes are modules, in a way.
>
> Why use "sort-of modules" when Ada already has strong, well-designed
> modules? That's the main argument given by the Ada 9x team, and I for
> one have a hard time arguing that.

What I meant was that protected types, in particular, already have
private parts which are textually, but not programmatically, visible in
the public part of packages.