* Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho said: > On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 03:01:12PM -0700, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote: > > Polymorphism is such an obvious pillar of structured programming that I > > can't understand how anybody could live without it. > > Agreed. Too bad C++ does not support parametric polymorphism too well. > Templates come close, so the hope is not lost. But the problem is that templates, nor exceptions or rtti (which are all elements of MODERN C++ programming) don't work well enough on the GNU platform...
> > Basically, any one feature or behavioural pragma need only be implemented in > > one component; afterwards it's applicable to all future setups. > > This is basic modular design, not anything specific to C++ or OO. I can > easily implement this kind of a design in C and the procedural framework. Of course!! ANd that's what I was trying to tell from the very beginning of this discussion. There's no need to use C++ just for the pleasure of using it! marek
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