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On 12/17/2016 5:35 AM, Richard Hable wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">There is no generic Object type in Oberon (and Trankvila); for good
reasons! Using such a "garbage" type takes away the advantages of static
typing.
And in both solutions a lot of type casts at runtime would be necessary.</pre>
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A quick skim of what you wrote seemed reasonable. But then on a
closer look I ask<br>
"what is a static type?" Something is either a type or its not.
There is no concept of "static" or<br>
"dynamic" associated with "TYPE". Instances of a type can indeed be
static or dynamic but the "TYPE"<br>
is not.<br>
What "advantage" do you mean by "static typing?" Your comments make
no sense.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Danforth of the Greenwood</pre>
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