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On Thu, 22 May 1997, Joshua Duhl wrote:
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> >
> > I agree that it's very sad that polymorphism and inheritance is not supported in
> > 8.0, but please don't overlook the user-defined object types with properties
> > (can be other object types as well) and methods.
>
> Whoa there... there ain't no "object types" they're just
> abstract data types. Big difference.
Sorry Josh, I'm missing something here. Do you mean types/classes vs. ADTs?
And I don't see
> where you get the "methods" from. Where's the encapsulation?
Couldn't stored procedures be considered a _form_ of encapsulation?
> Version 8 is no more OO than Version 7. It's focus is on
> larger scale and some abstract data type support. But this
> is a far, far cry from supporting objects. Supporting
> inheritance is the biggest problem they have in supporting
> objects.
I've heard that Oracle Late (sorry 8 :-) ) does have support for single inheritance.
>
> -- Joshua Duhl
>
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I like this "get even with the spammers". If you don't mind, I'll paste these addresses onto my .sig as well :-)
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