On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Marcus Denker <[email protected]> wrote: > Back in the days, we were virtually crucified for introducing the Beeper > class along the > same reasoning... > > The Beeper actually got very depressed due to having his very existance being > questioned. > > "I am just the result of a random refactoring" he was complaining "maybe I > should just > just delete myself and everyone will be happy". > > (you know, reflection *is* dangerous! There has been a lot of talk to make > reflection more > secure... for a reason!). > > To cheer him up, I gave him the lead role in a real, peer reviewed Paper: > > http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/papers/Denk08bMetaContextLNBIP.pdf > > The Beeper thus was the first Class to be really "Meta" in the history of > Objects. What a thrill. In an interview, the Beeper said: "You know, being > meta is hard > to decribe... Classes claim to be Meta all the time. But I doubt they ever > really are Meta. Being > Meta is special. The whole System looks different when meta!"
Thank you Marcus, it is very funny :-) -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them popular by not having them." James Iry
