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From:
Larry Wall
Date:
April 30, 2008 22:47
Subject:
Re: First look: Advanced Polymorphism whitepaper
Message ID:
20080501054658.GA6993@wall.org
On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 01:34:45AM -0400, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
>
> On May 1, 2008, at 1:30 , Jon Lang wrote:
>> In defense of chromatic's point, both people and syrup run.
>
> But there *is* some commonality there, to the extent that both are motion.  
> This is the kind of thing that spawned this discussion, in fact:  if what 
> matters is motion, there is no reason *not* to substitute one for the 
> other.

Er, ask Nasa their opinion of duck typing newtons and pounds.  Hey,
they're both units of thrust, so they both cause motion...

Me, my nose runs and my feet smell.  Quack.

Larry

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