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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: GC in Ada
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On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:07:44 +0100, Martin Krischik wrote:

> Dmitry A. Kazakov schrieb:
>> On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:53:27 +0100, Martin Krischik wrote:
>> 
>>> On my Weblogic course I could not stop shaking my head about all the 
>>> problems which brings the "all is pointer" concept of Java.
>> 
>> Which is the same sort of rubbish as "all is object."
>> 
>> Clearly it is impossible to have all types referents. I don't mean here
>> small fundamental types like Boolean etc, but the pointers themselves. To
>> incorporate then one needs to introduce pointers-to-pointers, then
>> pointers-to-pointers-to-pointers ad infinitum, which is impossible. The
>> "concept" leaks. 
> 
> Well, really it is "all objects and arrays handled by reference". But 
> still a silly concept.

But what is so special in Boolean which makes it non-object? Such
irregularities are always language design faults.

[ As for Ada there should be Boolean'Class. ]

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de