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csb6yesterday at 3:26 PM1 replyview on HN

Ada 83 did have generics - maybe you meant OOP support? That wasn't added until Ada 95.


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jordanbyesterday at 3:41 PM

I misspoke I actually meant interfaces. Ada forbade multiple inheritance to avoid the diamond problem but Java implemented interfaces as a solution and Ada adopted them.

https://www.adaic.org/resources/add_content/standards/05rat/...