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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object
Subject: Re: Inheritance and Information Hiding
Message-ID: <27A9AB0C.4794@tct.uucp>
Date: 1 Feb 91 17:53:16 GMT
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Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL
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According to rick@tetrauk.UUCP (Rick Jones):
>Given that this thread is starting to look like an Eiffel v C++ debate, there
>is a significant aspect of Eiffel which has been overlooked - assertions.

Please don't cloud discussions with irrelevant issues.

Inheritance and information hiding issues are orthagonal to assertion
issues.  A given language may support the former, the latter, both, or
neither.  Let's keep the discussions clear.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT     <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>
 "I want to mention that my opinions whether real or not are MY opinions."
             -- the inevitable William "Billy" Steinmetz