From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-09-17T11:41:09+09:00
Subject: Re: performance and style advice requested

Bjarne Stroustrup wrote:
> Alex Martelli <aleaxit@yahoo.com> 
> 
> 
>>Or Python -- no "access control" whatsoever, just *advisory* indications
>>of what's meant to be "published" and what's meant to be for internal use
>>only.  Just the time saved not having to decide what's private, public,
>>or protected (Stroustrup regrets having introduced the complication of
>>that third intermediate classifier -- see his book "Design and Evolution
>>of the C++ programming language") is by itself a huge performance boost.
>>
> 
> 
> If you have actually read D&E, you'd know that I disagree with your
> statement. Even if you want to quote me in support of something I
> disagree with, you could try to quote accurately. Your statement of my
> position on "protected" is highly inaccurate.

For the benefit of those of us who don't own that book (though I
do own at least one other) -- can you tell us what in fact your
position is on "protected"?

Hal Fulton