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- From: bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan)
- Newsgroups: comp.object
- Subject: Re: O.M(...) vs M(...), and is the Real World O-O?
- Message-ID: <BEVAN.92Sep3144122@tiger.cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 13:41:21 GMT
- References: <1992Aug5.162329.22871@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
- <KERS.92Aug26181137@cdollin.hpl.hp.com> <#6jn_y+.objsys@netcom.com>
- Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
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- In-reply-to: objsys@netcom.com's message of 1 Sep 92 22:51:39 GMT
-
- In article <#6jn_y+.objsys@netcom.com> objsys@netcom.com (Bob Hathaway) writes:
- >That's odd, because a few messages back, you claimed that they *did*
- >have multi-methods. At least, that's how *I* read what you said; if you
- >were actually discussing your company's own language, there was no way I
- >could tell, and you certainly didn't disabuse me of the notion.
-
- Nope, you were confused. You were claiming that O.M(...) meant single
- argument dispatch, which was wrong, and which is why you had trouble
- understanding my postings. All of what I said was quite clear with a good
- understanding of the issues involved and their context.
-
- Did you ever think that what you are trying to explain wasn't clear?
- I drew the same conclusions as kers when I read your messages. To be
- honest I _still_ don't understand your "multi-methods". Your
- arguments seem to be a confusing mixture of Coplien (which to _me_
- doesn't back up any of your claims) and your work on a language which
- non of us can see.
-
-
- Maybe you should consider this issue further before posting any more
- specifically on this subject. It appears to me you're not even close
- and I'll often assume someone is when they discuss a subject.
-
- At the risk of appearing as arrogant as the above: ditto
-
- bevan
-