Path: news.netfront.net!ctu-peer!news.nctu.edu.tw!newsfeed-0.progon.net!progon.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!txtfeed2.tudelft.nl!tudelft.nl!binfeed2.tudelft.nl!news1.tudelft.nl!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Mixing OO and DB References: <89b92dec-b710-4c24-9c8e-731de01fb49a@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com> <5f10c4d4-5ab7-4bae-a44e-613d95f3eb38@q78g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <15d545a8-f81e-43f0-bd6b-bcc6ec238102@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com> Organization: TU/e X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) From: rpost@pcwin518.campus.tue.nl (rpost) Originator: rpost@pcwin518.campus.tue.nl (rpost) Message-ID: <56b97$47b8c11e$839b4533$19441@news1.tudelft.nl> X-Complaints-To: sysadmin@tudelft.nl Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:19:58 +0100 Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: dyn424.win.tue.nl (131.155.69.51) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:19:58 +0100 X-Trace: 56b9747b8c11e263ee09619441 Xref: news.netfront.net comp.object:96891 comp.databases.theory:47783 topmind wrote: >> >For efficiency, true-compiled languages need to toss higher-level >> >structures, meaning there is less of them to examine at run-time. Java >> >is not a truely compiled language, but a hybrid, I would note. >> >> Irrelevant. How Java is compiled doesn't affect its reflection support. > >If a compiler completely tosses high-level information, then it is not >available at run-time. For example, a true compiler would NOT store >the text name of a class or variable, but rather only keep the binary >address (101011101010101 and so forth). Yes, sorry, I should have realized that's what you meant before posting. -- Reinier