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From: Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu>
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Subject: Re: What other languages use the same data model as Python?
Date: 6 May 2011 13:10:27 GMT
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On 2011-05-05, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>> "Hey, let's override operator,() and have some fun"
>
> Destroying sanity, for fun and profit.

I was thinking more along the lines of stuff like combining the
envelope pattern (an interface class containing a pointer to an
implementation) with template classes to create type-safe
polymorphic types with specializable, decoupled implementations.
 
A Python programmer just feels depressed that anyone could have a
need for such innovations, though. ;)

-- 
Neil Cerutti