Date   : Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:22:51 +0100 (BST)
From   : Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@...>
Subject: Re: OO Languages (Was: BBC Basic) [OT]

--- Steve Fewell <kranser@...> wrote:
> My favourite language is Ada - which is a very

Ah yes.  I used to use that a lot.

> structured, very Type-strict OO language (which even
> allows some low-level IO access too!). Which I woulod
> say has been designed to be clean, and still is today.

It is, but like other languages it has brought into the "OO-Market" by
thinking that bolting on the OO aspect to the already procedural part is
accepetible. 

> One of the great things about the language is that it
> has no input or output statements in the language
> itself - so nothing to distract from the core
> structure/portability of the language. The input and
> output is provided as functions and procedures in link
> library provided by the compiler!

Indeed.  I am much more of a Ruby fan though, and only use Java because my
University course demands it.

-- Thomas Adam


               
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