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From: ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen)
Subject: Re: Real OO
Date: 1996/04/09
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 <4kbqun$iiv@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> <DpKDqC.MB6@world.std.com>
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Date: 1996-04-09T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <DpKDqC.MB6@world.std.com>, bobduff@world.std.com
(Robert A Duff) writes: 

|> Norm, you didn't mention (e), something is done at link time.

I had intended

|> >(a) It is impossible to write a routine that has such expectations.
|> >    [If so, Eiffel is less flexible than Ada.]

to include any pre-execution-time prohibition, whether by a compile-time
or a link-time check.

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Norman H. Cohen    ncohen@watson.ibm.com