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From: barriost@...!asuvax!gtephx (Tim Barrios)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Readability of Ada
Summary: support for software engineering is the real issue
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.231310.15545@...!asuvax!gtephx>
Date: 24 Apr 91 23:13:10 GMT
References: <3878@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> <20245@alice.att.com> <1991Apr23.170144.22538@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona
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In article <1991Apr23.170144.22538@neon.Stanford.EDU>, philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) writes:
> For the record: I used Ada before I used C. I need an object-oriented
> language, and Ada isn't one. Maybe C++ is a messy compromise, which
> attempts to patch over a lot of outdated design decisions, but its
> object-oriented features are a lot better than Ada's.

i agree with your comment.  however, on large projects, i'd rather use
a language that supports software engineering rather than one that
supports 'pure' OOP.

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Tim Barrios, AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, AZ
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