On Wed, 28 May 1997, David Fiddes wrote:
I, also, am against MI as it, along with quite a lot of features of C/C++, make it quite a dangerous language for writing reliable programs.... Having said that I think that Interface support along the lines of Delphi 3.0/ Java IS a good idea..Unfortunately it would take quite a bit to implement I guess and (if done the Delphi way) would "tie" you to an ActiveX/OLE way of doing things as everything in Delphi 3.0 is based on the IUnknown interface with it's associated AddRef, QueryInterface and Release methods.....
If we have to have a MI-like feature, it should be something less dangerous, like interfaces, not the real thing/poison.
Pierre Phaneuf
"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." - Edsger W. Dijkstra.