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Article #4932Re: software ICs vs. libraries
From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1987 18:00
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1987 18:00
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In article <5606@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> adamj@widow.berkeley.edu (Adam J. Richter) writes:
>In article <1691@culdev1.UUCP> drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes:
>>Another feature of "software ICs" comes from the fact that they are
>>part of an object-oriented system. One can actually write, say, a
>>linked list manager that will work on objects of *any* type.
>
> "Object oriented?" What you are describing involves
>parameteized typing and polymorphic routines.
Not so. Objective-C supports _heterogoneous_ collections. For example, a
single Set can hold another Set, a Dictionary, an Array, and any number of
other types -- _simultaneously_.
--
Chip Salzenberg "chip@ateng.UUCP" or "{uunet,usfvax2}!ateng!chip"
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!sunybcs!boulder!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!homxb!mtuxo!mtune!codas!usfvax2!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: software ICs vs. libraries Message-ID: <83@ateng.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 13:00:43 EST Article-I.D.: ateng.83 Posted: Mon Oct 26 13:00:43 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Oct-87 23:34:18 EST References: <1691@culdev1.UUCP> <5606@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) Organization: A.T. Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 18