Re: imagining a programming language with a capability calling convention

Raoul Duke <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Sep 2015 20:48:35 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.capabilities.general
Message-ID <CAJ7XQb4Z-482BH9Vk2YhcOyJcu7b4YRupGyyk5Fj0w+wWFjkLw@mail.gmail.com>
> If we're talking about memory safe languages, why lame?

paranoid hedging of bet. e.g. watch out for reflection?

> If creation does not violate the connectivity laws nor cause external
> effects, what's the problem?

uh, are those the case in bog-standard run-of-the-mill languages & environments?

i mean since there are projects to e.g. tame Java, Ocaml, JavaScript,
you name it, there are probably plenty of problems with our "standard
OOP" languages.