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From: jcm@hgc.edu (James McKim)
Subject: Re: Has C++ had its day?
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In article <DB0IGA.1Cq@world.std.com> bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) writes:
>In article <1995Jun30.212050.26112@merlin.hgc.edu>,
>James McKim <jcm@hgc.edu> wrote:
>>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?
>
>Ada 95 is pretty new, but I think subtyping will be a major use of Ada

Good to know.

>95's new inheritance feature.  (Unfortunately, Ada confuses the issue
>by having something called a "subtype", which is completely different
>from what OOP folks normally call a subtype.  But anyway, subtyping
>in the OOP sense is supported.)

Hmm.. It'll be interesting to see how Adaites (Adaians?) resolve this.

 
>
>- Bob

Thanks,
-- Jim
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