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Date: | 2003-11-18 (20:45) |
From: | Jed Davis <jdev@p...> |
Subject: | [Caml-list] Re: GC and file descriptors |
skaller <skaller@ozemail.com.au> writes: > On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 06:19, Brian Hurt wrote: >> Of >> course, Java's type system is state of the art- for 1968. > > Err.. since when is downcasting everthing from Object > a type system?? There is a type system. It just doesn't have anything more advanced than nominal[*] subtyping, which is why all the dynamically checked downcasting is needed. [*] As opposed to structural. -- Jed Davis <jldavis@cs.oberlin.edu> Selling of self: http://panix.com/~jdev/rs/ <jdev@panix.com> PGP<-finger A098:903E:9B9A:DEF4:168F:AA09:BF07:807E:F336:59F9 \ "But life wasn't yes-no, on-off. Life was shades of gray, and rainbows /\ not in the order of the spectrum." -- L. E. Modesitt, Jr., _Adiamante_ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners