Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:3813 comp.lang.c:24878
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!voder!pyramid!infmx!jschon
From: jschon@infmx.UUCP (John Schonholtz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: The Fundamental Concept of Programming language X
Keywords: programming languages, abstractions Ada
Message-ID: <2983@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jan 90 01:07:56 GMT
References: <1470@mdbs.UUCP>
Reply-To: jschon@infmx.UUCP (John Schonholtz)
Organization: Informix, Menlo Park, Ca. U.S.A.
Lines: 22

In article <1470@mdbs.UUCP> wsmith@mdbs.UUCP (Bill Smith) writes:
>
>Language	Fundamental Concept
>
>Ada		Generics (?)

Not quite!  As anyone who has worked extensively with the language
knows...

Language	Fundamental Concept

Ada		Information Hiding

In fact, the DOD did such a good job here that, when examining
most Ada programs, it is impossible to find out anything.

;-)

-- 
*	John Schonholtz		* It's the end of the world as we know it
*   Informix Software, Inc.     * And I feel fine
*        415/926-6813		* pyramid!infmx!jschon