On 26-Jan-2003, Dean Herington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Norman Ramsey wrote: > > > A fact that I know but don't understand the implication of is that > > Haskell dispatches on the static type of a value, whereas OO languages > > dispatch on the dynamic type of a value. But I suspect I'll leave > > that out :-) > > Perhaps I misunderstand, but I would suggest that "fact" is, if not > incorrect, at least oversimplified.
I agree. The above characterization is highly misleading. It would be more accurate and informative to say that both Haskell and OO languages dispatch on the dynamic type of a value. -- Fergus Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "I have always known that the pursuit The University of Melbourne | of excellence is a lethal habit" WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh> | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
