Re: The Foundation of OO (XDb)

> >> > > "The Self language doesn't have any classes. When we want a new
> >> > > object, we find an existing one and copy it. We can then change the
> >> > > copy, safe in the knowledge that we have not affected anything
> >> > > else."
> >> >
> >> > For the freedom of making isolated copies of an object,
> >> > the loss of property and method inheritance seems costly in the
> >> > general case, but may be advantages in certain circumstances, i think.
> >>
> >> Prototype-based languages, such as Self and Cecil, allow property and
> >> method inheritance.
> >
> > I guess a copy has a reference back to it class then?
> > Or maybe our definition of class is different.
>
> No, it looks like you didn't read the quote. Try looking again. In
> case you can't see it up above, let me reiterate:
>
> "The Self language doesn't have any classes."
>
> There being no such thing as a class, there can't be a reference back
> to something that does not exist, such as a class.

Ok, then my ealier statement was inaccurate. Received on Sat Jun 15 2002 - 14:15:50 CEST