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- From: shang@corp.mot.com (David (Lujun) Shang)
- Subject: Re: Language extensions for run-time type identification
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.152714.21557@cadsun.corp.mot.com>
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- Organization: Motorola, Inc., Software Research and Development, Rolling Meadows, IL. 60008
- References: <1992Jul28.094428.15393@uunet.uu.net!mole-end>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 15:27:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.094428.15393@uunet.uu.net!mole-end>
- mat@uunet.uu.net!mole-end writes:
- >
- > This is comp.{lang,std}.c++, not comp.object. Your paragraph does not
- > describe C++; it does not describe something that is C++ + <delta> . (In
- > comp.object, this might be an interesting journey upon which to embark.)
- >
- The basic concept of derivation and virtualization is independent to any
- particular language. The assumption that only virtualization needs RTTI can not
- become reasonable in C++ while it is not reasonable in other OO languages.
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- David Shang
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