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Re: A&S Footnote (Re: records)

Jost Boekemeier <jostobfe@calvados.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> writes:

> Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:
> 
> > In a pure delegation-based system, there are no classes.
> > This "simplification" is supposed to be the main advantage
> > of "delegation" instead of "inheritance".
> 
> Without classes, how do you describe objects?  Even self
> has classes.  But in self classes are also objects.

So are in Objective C. But in true delegation-based systems, objects
are also classes (i.e. there is no difference between the two
concepts). Languages used in textual online games are canonical
example - see MOO and Cold.

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