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-Thread: 103376,131f06967722ab4b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: Brian May Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 2005? References: <1103344064.372396.51420@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:16:37 +1100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:EnsITCJUsen6ysxjRGmYPbVbmZI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au X-Trace: news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com 1103426170 202.173.153.89 (19 Dec 2004 13:16:10 +1000) X-Complaints-To: abuse@pipenetworks.com X-Abuse-Info: Please forward all headers to enable your complaint to be properly processed. Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7063 Date: 2004-12-19T14:16:37+11:00 List-Id: >>>>> "conradwt" == conradwt writes: conradwt> If so, why doesn't Ada have OO contructs similar to C++, conradwt> Java, Eiffel, and Smalltalk to name a few where one conradwt> passes a message to an instance of a class? Why should Ada have OO constructs that are similar to other languages? Ada is a different language, different history, and as such has a different approach to OO. I like it; in fact the Object.Operation in the next version of Ada makes me kind of nervous (disclaimer: I have read the details; if I did, perhaps I would feel differently). -- Brian May