, a subject line of 'is static?' is way more useful
to the reader than 'A6 Questions' or 'Apoc 5 - some issues'. Also, if
you avoid 'grab bag' posts, you'll probably see more attention given
to your individual questions.
Make my life easier, go on, you know you all want to.
--
Piers
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:08:41PM -0500, Chris Dutton wrote:
On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 05:09 PM, David Storrs wrote:
==QUESTION
- Page 8 says In some languages, all methods are multimethods. I
believe that Java is one of these. Is that right and what are some
others? (This is
==QUESTION
- Given the following code, what is called by $ride.current_speed()?
class Vehicle {
my $speed;
method current_speed() { return $speed; }
method set_speed($n) { $speed = $n; }
}
class Car {
submethod current_speed() {
print
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 10:56:51AM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
Assuming the obvious inheritance, Vehicle.set_speed() would be called.
Ok good, that's what I thought. Thanks.
No. Rules fit better in a grammar than subs, and help the psychology
of people in various ways. For instance:
On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 05:09 PM, David Storrs wrote:
==QUESTION
- Page 8 says In some languages, all methods are multimethods. I
believe that Java is one of these. Is that right and what are some
others? (This is really just curiousity.)
==/
Doesn't C++ work this way? Also I believe
Greetings all,
Ok, it took me several days to get through A6, and I'm not caught up
on all the mail yet (though I've tried to skim so I don't repeat
someone else's question). I'm left with a bunch of questions; can
anyone answer the following:
==QUESTION
- Page 8 says In some languages, all
