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- From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller)
- Subject: Re: The fate of my exponentiation operator proposal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.131932.26210@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:19:32 GMT
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- In article <MATT.92Nov17132404@physics16.berkeley.edu> matt@physics.berkeley.edu writes:
- >I believe that object-oriented programming is a genuine advance on
- >previous methods,
- >
- >So I am certainly willing to look at other languages than C++; it's
- >foolish to become emotionally attached to any particular programming
- >language. At this point, however, I would prefer to look at languages
- >which were designed for object-oriented programming. And, obviously,
- >I would also prefer languages which are widely available on a variety
- >of platforms, and which have reasonably efficient implementations.
- >These requirements narrow the field quite a bit.
- >
-
- I suspect that it is not C++ OO features that will be most useful
- to Fortran users but the ADT facilities (both are provided by the class
- mechanism in C++, the ADT additionally has templates).
-
- I think it is a pity that the proposal was not accepted.
-
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