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Re: [Q] Dylan to Java/JVM compiler?



On Sat, 5 May 2001 17:15:02 -0400 (EDT), Lieven Marchand <mal@wyrd.be>
wrote:


> I wonder why they kept dispatching on instances. It's a feature I'd
> remove from CLOS since it doesn't add much to the expressiveness of
> the language and interferes with optimizing GF dispatch.

In Dylan it gets used for separating public abstract interface classes and
private concrete implementation classes:

define method make ( class == <interface>, #key, #rest initargs )
  apply( make, <implementation>, initargs);
end method;

__Jason


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