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From: plogan@mentorg.com (Patrick Logan)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Class information at run time in OOPLs
Message-ID: <1991Jan18.215348.6161@mentorg.com>
Date: 18 Jan 91 21:53:48 GMT
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A letter in the ACM Forum, CACM 1/91, states that "most" OOPLs lack
the ability to test class membership at run time. The letter then
mentions C++ as such a language.

I would guess the opposite, that most OOPLs retain class information
at run time. Which other (widely known) OOPLs lack this feature?
Eiffel, I think. Any others?

(Of course, there are various ways to maintain or determine class
membership in C++, but the language itself does not specify one.)

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