Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!ames!haven!ni.umd.edu!uc780.umd.edu!cs450a03 From: cs450a03@uc780.umd.edu Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: RE: CHALLENGE: heterogeneous collections Message-ID: <25MAR91.22422777@uc780.umd.edu> Date: 25 Mar 91 22:42:27 GMT References: <1991Mar22.210725.29448@neon.Stanford.EDU> <48805@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: usenet@ni.umd.edu (USENET News System) Organization: The University of Maryland University College Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: uc780.umd.edu Darren New writes: >Hmm... How about a window with a hetrogeneous collection of buttons, >sliders, text displays, etc, all of which respond to "redraw" and "is >the mouse over you"? The way I look at things, I'd probably think of that as a homogenous collection. It's only when you get to taking the things apart that you can really see any distinction between them. (Or maybe, when you try to pass a paragraph of text through a slider.) Of course, I suppose that's a dynamic typing viewpoint... *shrug* Raul Rockwell