Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:7158 comp.object:2957 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.object Subject: Re: CHALLENGE: heterogeneous collections Message-ID: Date: 29 Mar 91 03:05:51 GMT References: <1991Mar22.210725.29448@neon.S <1991Mar25.220525.11087@leland.Stanford.EDU> <26714:Mar2602:52:1891@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <6.9AL38@xds13.ferranti.com> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 20 In-reply-to: peter@ficc.ferranti.com's message of 26 Mar 91 23:17:31 GMT >>>>> On 26 Mar 91 23:17:31 GMT, peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) said: Peter> In article <26714:Mar2602:52:1891@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Peter> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: Dan> So: What use can anyone make of a heterogeneous list? Peter> Message queue for a real-time operating system? Every message in the queue would be a member of the class Message, no? Therefore, this would be a homogeneous queue. As Chip said, next contestant. ;-) -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"