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[Q]Why are all classes rooted by <object>
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To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
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Subject: [Q]Why are all classes rooted by <object>
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From: Brad Settlemyer <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 20:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
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Organization: RoadRunner - Cox
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Xref: traf.lcs.mit.edu comp.lang.dylan:13525
Well, the subject pretty much says it all, but can anyone explain the
rationale behind making all classes implicitly derived from <object>.
Dylan appears to me to be suitably generic not to need this artifice (Java,
for example, is not). What am I missing?
Thanks
Brad
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