From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Inheritance versus Generics
Date: 1997/04/25
Date: 1997-04-25T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.862005625@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5jql3p$p9p@top.mitre.org
Michael said
<<May I add that the same functionality would have been achieved had packages
been either first class (makable into arrays) or second class (passable
as generic parameters) objects.>>
I assume you are aware of all the subtle semantic problems in doing this.
This is an issue that has been discussed very extensively during the
design process, and the issues are well known and well understood, and
the consensus was that package types are simply too much additional
complexity ...
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-04-24 0:00 Inheritance versus Generics Craig Smith
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Lionel Draghi
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` bertrand
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-02 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Martin Lorentzon
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1997-04-27 0:00 tmoran
1997-05-03 0:00 tmoran
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