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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada?
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"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com> writes:

> But the case I gave is one where multiple inheritance is appropriate.
> It just has to be interface inheritance.  In other words I can take an
> interface that assumes polar representation and an interface that
> assumes cartesian representation, and provide a type/class that
> supports both interfaces.

I think to make this argument truly convincing, you need to show how
it currently works in C++, and why that is bad. Showing that Ada is ok
the way it is will not convince anyone who is sure it could be better
if it was more like C++.

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-- Stephe