From: Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com>
Subject: Re: Tagged Types and Generics
Date: 1997/04/26
Date: 1997-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <336269D5.42F6@bix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.862004577@merv
It's an interesting problem because it certainly does seem at first
blush that money should be a tagged type - a number with a tag saying
what currency it is. But in terms of actual use, it doesn't work out at
all well. Perhaps it's a good candidate for a textbook example.
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1997-04-21 0:00 Tagged Types and Generics Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Tom Moran [this message]
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Tom Moran
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1997-04-26 0:00 Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
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