Re: A broken brand?

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Ben Laurie <[email protected]> wrote:
>  >  Depressingly, none of the following tools would have helped:
>  >
>  >  a) conventional static type checking
>
>  Wouldn't static type checking have shown that the box() function
>  passed was not the one handed over in the first place?

Yes, which would have prevented intermediation. When this is not
contrary to intention, that's fine, and enables Ping's pattern.

An interesting thing about MarcS' pattern is that it allows
intermediation. This enables MarcS' patterns to be used across a
synchronous membrane, which we can't do if we rely on
types/trademarks.

Do the following statements make sense:

* MarcS pattern amplifies authority.
* Ping's pattern amplifies permission.

?

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