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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Needed : Recommendations for C++ texts for beginner
Message-ID: <9207@alice.UUCP>
Date: 16 Apr 89 15:12:52 GMT
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In article <300@odi.UUCP>, dlw@odi.UUCP (Dan Weinreb) writes:

> Students in an introductory o-o programming course are highly unlikely
> to run into the need for functions that are friends of two classes.
> In fact, they are unlikely to need friends at all.

Imagine a linear algebra package with Matrix and Vector classes.
A function that multiplies a Matrix and and a Vector is a logical
candidate to be a friend of both.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com