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On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 00:57, Wes Groleau wrote:
> Martin Dowie wrote:
> > Well, for 200Y some serious 'C++/Java'-style improvements are on the
> > cards (though not yet approved), e.g.
> > 
> > 'interfaces' a la Java, and
> > Object.Method notation like C++/Java/etc.
> 
> Interfaces I think there may be some value to.

No. They're useless. Ada 95 has several idioms to accomplish what Java
does with interfaces. (This has been shown in a recent Ada-Europe
conference by J.-P. Rosen. I think he won the best paper.)

> But Object.Method ?

Ditto.

Ditto for += etc.

I really hate these proposals. Ada is already a big language. Stuff like
this only makes it bigger--to no advantage whatsoever.

Libraries is the way. I am 100% with the CAL idea.