Re: myWishList

--- Rohan Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
> abstract interfaces (or kinds) are (currently?) a
> weaker statement
> than ordinary interfaces in that they are 'provides'
> vs. 'is a',
> ie. you can *only* call methods on a class
> implementing a kind.

erm... completely lost. I *only* call methods on a
class implementing an interface.

> I liked it more the closer to Haskell pattern
> matching it got.  In any
> case the current implementation is really only
> adding an infinite
> number of commonly recognised Platonic entities to
> the set of classes
> considered for dispatch, in much the same way that
> singleton classes
> are available for dispatch.
> 

alright.. erm... I think I understand. I think if
value dispatching includes Haskell style pattern
matching... I will be more than happy about it.
 
> Closed vs. open enumerations is a slightly different
> topic.  I think
> Java provides both.

does it? could you give me an example? I think Daniel
was saying something like "if you want closed ADTs,
use enums" too... I didn't really get the idea.

>  > tail recursion
> Not last I looked.  Nice still seems in the "build
> functionality"
> phase rather than the "make it fast, make it not run
> out of stack"
> phase.

I cannot but agree.

>  > IDE
> but... but... we already have emacs  8*)

hehehe. my point exactly.



		
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