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From: "Larry J. Elmore" <ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net>
Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better!
Date: 1997/01/26
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Date: 1997-01-26T00:00:00+00:00
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Bob Haugen <linkage@interaccess.com> wrote in article
<32EB845C.68EB@interaccess.com>...

> Is there any other environment (except Lisp) that enables such dynamic 
> testing?

I don't know about OO languages, but Forth is (properly) programmed that
way, i.e., top-down design, bottom-up implementation with immediate testing
of each component. I really liked Forth when I used it 10 years ago, and
from what I've seen of it, Smalltalk has a similar 'feel'. Too bad there's
no good implementation of it within my current budget...

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Larry J. Elmore
Bozeman, Montana

"And they shall beat their swords into plowshares."
--Isaiah 2:4

"History teaches us that those who beat their swords into plowshares
usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords."
--Anon.