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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word
Date: 11 Oct 2001 21:16:03 +0100
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Robert*@ <Robert_member@newsguy.com> writes:

> the class construct is the basic construct in OO as commonly
> used. Ada does not have it. It is that simple. Ada does do OO, but
> not using the common OO notation.
> 
> You can argue for years which is the better notation, but the fact
> remains that the Java/C++ notation for OO is the common and the
> popular one and the one most programmer are used to, not the Ada
> notation.

I have a reference from someone I trust to an extent (Martin Fowler)
that Smalltalk is highly favoured among the business community. The
statement was a few years back (97?). So where would _that_ leave
C++/Java style?