Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!sw1e!uucibg From: uucibg@sw1e.UUCP (3929]) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Smalltalk-80 like inheritance in C++ possible ? Message-ID: <1430@sw1e.UUCP> Date: 28 Mar 89 13:48:47 GMT References: <110@honold.UUCP> <5481@rlvd.UUCP> <1411@sw1e.UUCP> <9174@claris.com> <1421@sw1e.UUCP> <9108@alice.UUCP> Reply-To: uucibg@sw1e.UUCP (Brian Gilstrap [5-3929]) Organization: Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Lines: 27 In article <9108@alice.UUCP> bs@alice.UUCP (Bjarne Stroustrup) writes: >An example: My paper on a proposed facility for a parameterized type >facility was mentioned. It is about 20 pages long. It is not the easiest >paper to read, though again I doubt you'll find a significantly simpler >discussion of the issues in the litterature. >A reference manual entry for parameterized types is about 2 pages. The >feature itself is fairly trivial to learn and use. The complexity in the >paper is in the discussion of alternatives and implementation details - >not in the feature itself. I must agree that this is true. My previous article should not have used the parameterized types paper as an example of undue complexity in C++, since the article dealt with design issues for possible additions to C++, rather than the language itself. I would still be interested in discussions/{pointers to articles} which discuss the issues of strong vs. weak typing in conjunction with object-oriented design and languages (I suppose such discussions ought to go into comp.lang.misc since they are only somewhat related to C++; anyone know of any articles on the subject?). Brian R. Gilstrap Southwestern Bell Telephone One Bell Center Rm 17-G-4 ...!ames!killer!texbell!sw1e!uucibg St. Louis, MO 63101 ...!bellcore!texbell!sw1e!uucibg (314) 235-3929 #include