[PLUG] PHP class instances

[Shahms King]

Well, yes, but I've found that people frequently associate a certain
design approach with templates that they don't consider when using more
dynamic languages.  Templates; what a wonderful way of taking all of the
static type checking of C++ and turning it into pages and pages of
cryptic compile errors. Then again, templates *could* be seen as forcing
open source on the C++ world ;-)

On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 08:09, Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 07:59, Shahms King wrote:
> > You can also use it to emulate a number of features of C++ templates
> > (albeit, at runtime and with a different syntax . . .)
> 
> I think you've got it the wrong way around Shams: C++ templates are a
> half-assed attempt to do some of the things you can do in better OO
> languages: run-time evaulation, dynamic typing, etc.
> 
> Wil
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Shahms King <shahms at shahms.com>