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From: Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com>
Subject: Re: Ada OO Mechanism
Date: 1999/05/25
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Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> In article <t7675gswiv.fsf@calumny.jyacc.com>,
> 	Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com> wrote:
> >I wanted it to sound somewhat contentious. The named people each
> >claimed in a posting that there were object-oriented techniques
> >that were harder, or less elegant, in C++ than in Ada.

...and follows up with code demonstrating the superiority of Ada
array handling over the C++ version.

I agree completely. Native Ada array handling beats the pants off
of native C++ array handling. Any equivalent I could produce in C++
would be longer, require custom classes, and be nowhere near as
nice.

Array indexing, however, does not normally fall under the heading
of object-oriented techniques.