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From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better!
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In article <OHK.97Jan6132731@ultra.tfdt-o.nta.no> ohk@ultra.tfdt-o.nta.no (Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen FOU.TD/DELAB) writes:

> However, if I remember correctly, Alex Stepanov had earlier tried to
> implement a library like the C++ STL in Ada, but was incapable of
> doing it. This would indicate that the C++ template mechanism is more
> flexible than the Ada generics.

What Alex told me about that effort was that he was unable to find
a single Ada compiler that implemented the standard accurately enough
to enable him to do what he wanted to do with his library.
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				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@research.att.com
