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Re: OOP Features (was euFAQ request for comment)

• Posted by rforno at tutopia.com Apr 11, 2002
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Mike:
Do you have an idea of how a program written using Diamond fares against a
Java program for the same machine, regarding performance?
This is not for me, but for a guy here that I am trying to convince to try
Euphoria.
Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Nelson" <MichaelANelson at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: OOP Features (was euFAQ request for comment)


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> Ray,
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> Diamond provides polymorphism, (single) inheritance, constructors, copy
> constructors, and destructors.  The constructors and destructors are
written
> and called as normal methods--this allows  for error handling as no new
> object is created or needs to to be deleted if the constructor fails.
Also
> destructors can take parameters and have different behavior in different
> circumstances.  Try my approach o constructors and destructors and I think
> you will like it.
>
> Additional features:
>
> Java-style OOP with abstract and final classes and interfaces.
> Method overloading.
> Public, protected, and private access to properties and methods.
> Properties have separate read and write access.
> Full exception handling including exception-throwing type checks.
>
> -- Mike Nelson
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