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,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,599b13f801b0f9eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-25 19:00:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttls1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "DuckE" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: C++ virtual function mechanism in Ada ? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:00:50 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.248.45.203 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttls1.wa.home.com 996112850 24.248.45.203 (Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:00:50 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:00:50 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10581 Date: 2001-07-26T02:00:50+00:00 List-Id: "Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message news:eO4BFW3WWD3M@eisner.encompasserve.org... > In article , Didier.pieroux writes: > > > As most of you know, one of the feature of C++ is the virtual function > > mechanism. > > I think that is a very bad assumption in an Ada newsgroup. > > Perhaps those who have been vocally comparing C++ features to Ada features > know C++, but that is certainly not the majority of the readership of the > comp.lang.ada newsgroup. Wanna take a vote? I think the most of the readership does know C++, but chooses Ada as a better choice. At least I like to think this is the case :-) SteveD