From: gabriele renzi <rff_rff@...>
Date: 2005-01-30T10:15:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

PA ha scritto:
> 
> On Jan 29, 2005, at 19:51, Navindra Umanee wrote:
> 
>> In Java, on the other hand, you would clearly get the advantage that
>> you seek here.
> 
> 
> Hmm... not sure if I understand that last part... but one thing is very 
> clear though... in Javaland, you simply cannot make pigs fly. In other 
> words, aFlyingPig = (Bird) aPig will not fly. The compiler will just 
> segfault laughing while cursing profanities at you.

but you can still make "nothing" fly:
Bird bird =null
bird.fly()