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- From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON)
- Subject: Re: who should specify languages?
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- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
- References: <1992Dec10.192524.25311@newshost.lanl.gov> <1gbau5INN53d@network.ucsd.edu> <2325@snap>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:15:00 GMT
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- paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson) writes:
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- >In article <1gbau5INN53d@network.ucsd.edu> mbk@lyapunov.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) writes:
- >
- >>Why do language designers never consider the interface to another language
- >>worthy of the slightest standardization?
- >
- >Eiffel has a standard interface defined through the "external"
- >keyword. The interface between objects and C is well defined in
- >"Eiffel: The Language".
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- Ada and C++ also have standard interfaces to foreign languages.
-
- >Not all language designers are dumb.
-
- Indeed.
-
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- Fergus Henderson fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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