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From: schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
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Subject: Re: Public vs Private header files in C++
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Date: 3 Jun 91 20:23:49 GMT
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jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) writes:
   Stroustrup said something about this: the member access system is designed
   to protect against accidents, not maliciousness.  

An then on page 253 gives an example of language features designed to
prevent maliciousness (noninheritance of friendship), using an example
named "class Spy".

   Someone determined to defeat the type system wouldn't find it much
   harder to do with Modula-2.

That's no excuse for encouraging it.