From: "David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: Abstract methods in ADA95
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:23:27 -0500
Date: 2002-10-18T16:23:27-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <mailman.1034976242.4221.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org> (raw)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Carter" <jrcarter@acm.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
To: <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: Abstract methods in ADA95
> SteveD wrote:
> > Don't confuse abstract terminology with programming language
nomenclature.
> > Both Ada and C++ have "methods".
>
> There are no "methods", either in abstract terminology or actual
> programming languages. AFAIKS, "method" is a new name for an old concept
> made up to muddy the waters by people who were trying to present old
> concepts as something new that they'd invented.
The Smalltalk language defined "methods" from the beginning. So, unless you
don't consider Smalltalk an "actual programming language," your preceding
statement is incorrect.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-18 21:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-17 13:36 Abstract methods in ADA95 Hector Hugo
2002-10-17 14:39 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2002-10-17 14:50 ` David C. Hoos
2002-10-17 14:57 ` Preben Randhol
2002-10-17 14:56 ` Preben Randhol
2002-10-17 16:18 ` Matthew Heaney
2002-10-17 19:26 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-10-17 19:41 ` David C. Hoos
2002-10-17 20:34 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-10-18 13:56 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-10-18 0:40 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-18 21:05 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-10-18 22:00 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-21 14:46 ` Wes Groleau
2002-10-18 3:13 ` SteveD
2002-10-18 14:44 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-18 21:15 ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-10-18 21:08 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-10-18 21:23 ` David C. Hoos [this message]
2002-10-18 21:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-10-18 22:08 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-21 15:03 ` Peter Amey
2002-10-21 15:04 ` Wes Groleau
2002-10-18 22:10 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-19 12:40 ` SteveD
2002-10-19 18:40 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-10-21 15:34 ` Martin Dowie
2002-10-21 19:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-10-22 11:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-10-22 12:24 ` Marin David Condic
2002-10-23 9:29 ` Martin Dowie
2002-10-23 10:36 ` Ed Falis
2002-10-23 10:37 ` Preben Randhol
2002-10-23 12:54 ` John English
2002-10-23 13:48 ` Martin Dowie
[not found] ` <aornkp$mpf$1@bob.news.rcn.net>
2002-10-19 18:54 ` Crapper (was: Re: Abstract methods in ADA95) Jeffrey Carter
2002-10-21 17:57 ` Abstract methods in ADA95 Programmer Dude
2002-10-21 18:58 ` Jim Rogers
2002-10-21 14:49 ` Wes Groleau
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