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From: jcm@hgc.edu (James McKim)
Subject: Re: Has C++ had its day?
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In article <3t0p3f$hjl@theopolis.orl.mmc.com> Theodore Dennison <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com> writes:

[..]

>
>Ada is a staticly-typed language, and it does not rely on inheritance
>for subtyping. I believe the same goes for Modula-3 and Oberon.

Hmm... Then I guess I should ask you the same question I asked an
earlier Smalltalk poster. If you don't you inheritance to support
subtyping, what _do_ you use it for?


[...]

>T.E.D.
>


Just askin',
-- Jim
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