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In article <1716@culdev1.UUCP>, drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes:
> The other important feature that object-oriented systems need
> (Objective-C has it, I don't know of C++ does) is that one can build
> two objects that present the same external interface, but for which
> the method-routines are different.  I.e., I can have two different
> sorts of "dictionary", implemented differently, and the code that uses
> them can't tell the difference between them.  (This is why you need
> run-time mapping from method-names to routines.)


This concept is also present in Ada.  The implementation of an object
(such as a queue, stack, or anything else) is separated from its external
interface.  Combine this with generics and overloading and you can create
a pretty flexible library of "objects".