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-Thread: 103376,131f06967722ab4b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.rcn.net!news.rcn.net.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:18:05 -0600 Sender: jsa@rigel.goldenthreadtech.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 2005? References: <1103344064.372396.51420@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1n1v6175zrtcc.2g6ewdvu7ei5$.dlg@40tude.net> <1103568585.285484.237450@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <20xbhf8rjd33.t7dojmf0ky12.dlg@40tude.net> From: jayessay Organization: Tangible Date: 20 Dec 2004 18:44:14 -0500 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.6.25.79 X-Trace: sv3-yK56bX64xuGdBVaTfD8BCAwHBU6bH/Rlg8jld4RC9f+B1/JrgQ9RelQZaG0+h6RqvY0KTKUxXs5lMR0!Ofz0ZKT1qJBXQNB/gr9NFX4ILw1pJ1TLPtrHlCHAveypOIBkp3biHARJe5+UGqJaF6QGPj2pMyXu X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.22 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7107 Date: 2004-12-20T18:44:14-05:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" writes: > Copy is a friend, but they are not methods. C++ does not support multiple > dispatch. Yes, but to be clear, neither does Ada. > The point is that: > > 1. Prefix notation is misleading Not to mention inflexible and limiting. > 2. Methods do not belong to classes Should not, and in Ada (and some others) they do not. > 3. (Implied by 2) class definition brackets is a nonsense. More specifically, class definitions defining method/operator namespaces is broken. /Jon -- 'j' - a n t h o n y at romeo/charley/november com