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On 10/21/2015 12:21 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:01:01 -0700, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
>>
>> "IMHO, Interfaces are worthless." -- Randy Brukardt
> 
> He possibly meant Java interfaces as opposed to existing Ada 95 abstract
> types. Ada 95 abstract type did everything Java interface do and more.

He was referring to the Ada reserved word "interface".

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