From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2005-01-30T03:23:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

Hello PA,


P> On Jan 29, 2005, at 18:13, Navindra Umanee wrote:

>> What is the point of strong typing then?

P> Pig	aPig = Pig.new()
P> Bird	aBird = Bird.new()

P> aFlyingPig = (Bird) aPig

P> Doesn't make it so.


A Bird is a Bird if it can "drink" and if it can "eat".
Then isn't the typecast maybe correct ?


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