If you read any text on OO, it uses terms such as virtual, abstract etc. VB and C# have virtual and abstract (although VB uses different keywords to fit in with the language) - I learned OO programming from a Java book because it spoke in terms of virtual and abstract, and those concepts applied directly to c#.
Now, if C# had virtuals by default, there would be no need for the virtual keyword, and there would be a nonvirtual (or something to that effect) in it's place. Would mean that most of the texts out there on OO programming wouldn't quite apply so directly. Dino -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Means Sent: Saturday, 8 July 2006 13:20 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Virtual methods in .NET - was Implementing an Interface - C# vs. VB.NET Keywords have nothing to do with OO; they're pure language design. OO contains the concepts of "virtual" and "non-virtual"; how a specific language maps keywords to those concepts (as in Java's default = virtual and "final" = non-virtual) is up to the individual language. On 7/7/06, Dean Cleaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because in OO programming, there is no keyword for "non-virtual". > > It's an OO issue, not a .Net issue. > > Dino > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > Lanouette > Sent: Saturday, 8 July 2006 11:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Virtual methods in .NET - was Implementing an > Interface - C# vs. VB.NET > > Anybody know why methods aren't virtual by default in .NET? It seems > like a > really bad default to have all methods non-virtual. > > > ______________________________ > - David Lanouette > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" - Aristotle > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > -- Eric Means [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.randomtree.org/eric/ =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
