T. Onoma
11/13/2003 3:22:00 AM
> I like your thinking on this, and there are (not surprisingly) other
> languages that take it farther. In JavaScript and especially Self,
> objects are composed entirely of named "slots" or properties, and they
> are frequently used as hashes, with no other specialized hash support in
> the language or libraries.
that's very interesting. i'll have to take a look at Self.
i wonder if Ruby (i.e. RITE) is moving in this direction. WhyTheLuckyStiff makes some interesting "suggestives" about the direction Ruby's moving on his "Shiny and New" page.
-t0