Xref: utzoo comp.object:1605 comp.lang.c++:8991 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pdn!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Choice of language for manufacturing Applications Message-ID: <26C835D0.1D38@tct.uucp> Date: 14 Aug 90 17:33:03 GMT References: <26686@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <56343@microsoft.UUCP> <5043@memqa.uucp> Organization: ComDev/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 11 According to r91400@memqa.uucp (Michael C. Grant): >If you define a 'base' or 'mother' >class for all classes with common methods, then any program statement >that needs to call that common method need not know the target class at all. The original poster *was* correct; virtual functions are *not* the default in C++. They are, however, a standard part of the language, and in this discussion, the relevance of default behavior (as opposed to available features) seems small to me. -- Chip Salzenberg at ComDev/TCT ,