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Re: Dylan class system?
- To: info-mcl
- Subject: Re: Dylan class system?
- From: mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins)
- Date: 30 Jun 92 19:56:35 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.mcl
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
- References: <920630154821_71501.1347_DHJ36-2@CompuServe.COM>
In article <920630154821_71501.1347_DHJ36-2@CompuServe.COM> 71501.1347@CompuServe.COM (Jim Hurd) writes:
>I am waiting for my Dylan manual to arrive, but curiosity has gotten the best
>of me. Could someone please post a brief description of the Object system of
>Dylan?
Yes.
>Multiple Inheritance?
Yes.
>generic functions?
Yes.
>user defined method
>combinations?
No.
>Does it have CL style packages?
No. Instead it has modules, which are reminiscent of Modula-2
modules, but which are first-class objects.
>1st class continuations?
No, but there is limited support for continuations, principally
for exit procesures and for uses similar to CL catch and throw.
> 1st
>class environments?
No, but see modules.
>Engines?
No.