On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 16:39, John Prevost wrote:
> On 13 Oct 2004 12:27:07 +1000, skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>   {...}
> > Hence OO is useless as a general paradigm. {...}

> Er.  You're overstating the case here. 

I said OO is useless as general paradigm, 
I meant that and I don't think it is overstated.

I also said objects have a limited use, where
you don't need covariant methods. 

In such cases, you get dynamic (late) binding
which is indeed very useful.

--->
class type supercow = object
  inherit cow
  method fly : unit -> unit
end
<----

... runs out to buy steel umbrella ...

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