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From: MELTSNE@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: the need for classes as objects(no subst. for dynamic classes)
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Date: 29 Aug 90 12:39:37 GMT
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My dissertation, a thermodynamics calculation system, depended heavily on
the ability to define new classes and add new methods to old ones.  I cannot
imagine how I would have implemented such a system without these abilities.
It simply would have to be a totally different program.