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From: yost@esquire.UUCP (David A. Yost)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: the need for classes as objects
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Date: 28 Aug 90 15:33:31 GMT
Organization: DP&W, New York, NY
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I've heard lispers and smalltalkers say that
the ability of their languages to create
classes at runtime is very powerful, even
necessary, and that therefore statically-
classed languages (shall we say) that don't
allow this (e.g.  Eiffel, C++) are inferior.

Would some of you who have used this feature
please give us some great examples of its use
and perhaps show how horrible the workaround
would have to be in a language that doesn't
support it?  I'm sure dynamic classes must
make development environments better, but I'm
particularly interested in examples not
related to issues of the development
environment.

Thanks.

 --dave yost
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