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From: richieb@ritz.mordor.com (Richard Bielak)
Subject: Re: Detecting type mismatch at compile time (was Re: Real OO)
Date: 1996/04/03
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Date: 1996-04-03T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <EACHUS.96Apr2184154@spectre.mitre.org>,
Robert I. Eachus <eachus@spectre.mitre.org> wrote:

[...]
>
>   Now at execution time I put some apples and some oranges in my
>fruit arrangement, then do:
>
>   S := FA(x) + FA(y);
>
>   It is only at run-time that I know whether I am trying to add
>apples and oranges. 

You should have written:

	if FA(x) > FA(y) then ...

so only at runtime you would know if you are comparing
apples and oranges!   ;-)

...richie (sorry, couldn't resist)
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