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Re: Lightweight Languages Workshop (DDJ Article)
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- Subject: Re: Lightweight Languages Workshop (DDJ Article)
- From: address@hidden (Greg C)
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:30:01 -0500 (EST)
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Raffael Cavallaro <raffael@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:<200201282340.SAA26029@life.ai.mit.edu>...
> For a reference on how Eiffel does _not_ have multiple dispatch, and how
> this can be worked around, see:
>
> <http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/todd/papers/oopsla98.html>
>
> Which is an abstract for a full paper here:
> <http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/todd/papers/oopsla98.ps>
>
> Raffael Cavallaro, Ph.D.
> raffael@mediaone.net
Thanks for the references. I'm reading through the full paper now.
Interestingly, tuples have been recently introduced to Eiffel, with
two compilers supporting them so far. Your paper suggests a logical
extension to their capabilities.
Greg