- Original Message -
> From: "Brian Goetz"
> To: "Remi Forax"
> Cc: "Kevin Bourrillion" , "valhalla-spec-experts"
>
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 1:57:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Objects vs. values, the continuation
I think what is missing from our presentation — and likely key to succeeding —
is how to describe “compound value” in a way that feels like a thing.
Well, a `double` is already a compound value that feels like a thing. Java just
hides the internal structure instead of having us access d.exponen
I agree totally, the former are semantic properties and the latter is a side
effect of representation. But that doesn’t help us much, because if people
assume that these have the same finial field safety / integrity properties as
reference objects, they will be in for a painful surprise. So th
