Re: [NTLK] PDFNewt (getting more OIT with every message)

From: BOURGUIGNON D DvSI/SNPI MTY (didier.bourguignon_at_francetelecom.com)
Date: Tue Apr 16 2002 - 10:51:47 EDT


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]De la part de Smith, Bradley
> Envoyé : lundi 15 avril 2002 17:32
> À : 'newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net'
> Objet : Re: [NTLK] PDFNewt (getting more OIT with every message)
>
>
> C++ has got a boat load of hacks that people who've never
> used Obj-C will
> say are great features. I was once one of those people e.g.
> template classes
> to get around strong typing, run time type info, again to get
> around strong
> typing. The one thing it does have that Obj-C, Java and
> SmallTalk don't is
> multiple inheritance. In theory MI is cool. In practice (my
> current project
> has a fair bit in it) it's a bomb waiting to go off. Because
> of MI you can't
> say "superclass do this" and that makes for very fragile
> class hierarchies.
> Rant over - for now...
>

  I'm very, very sorry. I don't want to start a " religious war " , excuse
me ;-)).

Cordialement
Didier BOURGUIGNON

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