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From: ben@hpldola.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth)
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Subject: Re: software ICs vs. libraries
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Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 12:37:13 EST
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> Not so.  Objective-C supports _heterogoneous_ collections.  For example, a
> single Set can hold another Set, a Dictionary, an Array, and any number of
> other types -- _simultaneously_.

Firstly:

Objective C?!! YUCHHHHH!!!!  In my opinion it is the product of a brain-damaged
biologist.  You are certainly free to disagree, however, look at Small-talk and
C++ before you religiously defend "Objectionable C."

Secondly:

Just because a language says that it is "object oriented" doesn't mean that the 
concepts mentioned are not distinct.  The facility is handy and hence included
in the language constructs.  It is not a neccessary part of an object oriented
approach.  

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Benjamin Ellsworth
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