Re: Interfaces

[Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>]

On 18 May 2005, at 00:21, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> ... I just wasn't going to win the fight to keep interface types out of
> Ada 2006.

I know what you mean. I was one of the very few voicing against them, 
specially pointing to J.-P. Rosen's outstanding article in Ada-Europe 
that shows how Ada 95 already 'does' interfaces, but nobody seemed to 
listen, so I shut up after a cry or two.

/* Interface types for Ada 2006 must be one of the most spectacular 
wastes of energy in the history of language standardisation. Javasing 
Ada, eek! But this is surely my anti-OOP daemons talking. I gave up on 
tagged types long ago. Give me generics anytime. */

> (Of course, in 5 years someone will stick this note in my face when I'm
> advocating some sort of interface programming. I'm prepared. :-)

Me too :-)