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 autolearn=ham
	autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,198c6302c4a0b0d7
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-18 09:28:46 PST
Path: 
 archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen
From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada / C++ comparison paper
Date: 18 Dec 2001 11:28:43 -0600
Organization: LJK Software
Message-ID: <rLWOOXuOxiTV@eisner.encompasserve.org>
References: <3c1dc786@pull.gecm.com> <1008601517.470745@edh3>
 <1008626816.690418@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>
 <1008690461.380980@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>
 <c1KT7.543$DR.227521653@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>
 <1008694804.340918@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org
X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1008696525 32705 192.135.80.34 (18 Dec 2001
 17:28:45 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 17:28:45 +0000 (UTC)
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18060
Date: 2001-12-18T11:28:43-06:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

In article <1008694804.340918@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>, "Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> 
> "Pat Rogers" <progers@classwide.com> wrote in message
> news:c1KT7.543$DR.227521653@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
>> IMHO, the critical benefit of OOP is the supported separation of code that
>> will change from code that need not.  Run-time polymorphism is the means
> to
>> that end, not the end itself.
> 
> I think that this completely misses the essential flavor of OOP.

Pat said nothing about flavor -- he talked about _benefit_.