Re: [BLACKBOX] Years ahead of its time

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:13:07 -0700

----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1525045404_-_- Content-type: text/plain Anes Sadikovic wrote: Well, simplicity is relative - it's how you look at it" ComponentPascal: TYPE Foo* = POINTER TO ABSTRACT RECORD END; PROCEDURE (f: Foo) Bar*(), ABSTRACT, NEW; Object Pascal (Delphi) type Foo = interface procedure Bar() end Conceptual simplicity vs syntax sparseness. -Doug Danforth ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1525045404_-_- Content-type: application/rtf Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtf-body.rtf" e1xydGYxXGFuc2lcYW5zaWNwZzEyNTJcZnJvbWh0bWwxIFxkZWZmMHtcZm9udHRibA0Ke1xmMFxm c3dpc3NcZmNoYXJzZXQwIEFyaWFsO30NCntcZjFcZm1vZGVybiBDb3VyaWVyIE5ldzt9DQp7XGYy XGZuaWxcZmNoYXJzZXQyIFN5bWJvbDt9DQp7XGYzXGZtb2Rlcm5cZmNoYXJzZXQwIENvdXJpZXIg TmV3O319DQp7XGNvbG9ydGJsXHJlZDBcZ3JlZW4wXGJsdWUwO1xyZWQwXGdyZWVuMFxibHVlMjU1 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