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: 103376,309015504ed37ff0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-28 14:58:35 PST Path: news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Sender: mheaney@MHEANEYX200 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Usage of Interfaces with Ada 95 References: <1064595326.831730@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <4nii41-067.ln1@boavista.snafu.de> From: Matthew Heaney Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:58:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.110.133.134 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1064786312 65.110.133.134 (Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:58:32 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:58:32 EDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:93 Date: 2003-09-28T21:58:32+00:00 List-Id: Simon Wright writes: > And so do Booch Component iterators, which are abstract, and which of > course are much more like what all English-speaking programmers bar > those who also speak STL understand by Iterator than the STL ones > which Charles has adopted. I just have to get that dig in. And there > are some on the ARG who have similar views. We shall have to see how > it goes! Personally I have no problem at all with what the STL does, > just some of the names it's adopted for the concepts .. I don't know why you'd think this. I didn't make this up. Read the chapter titled Iterator in the design patterns book by Gamma et al. The English-speaking world (and the German-speaking world too, apparently) has settled on the terms "container" and "iterator." And "factory method." And "visitor." And whatever. So stop fighting it and read Gamma!