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<HR><H2>[COLD] Heretical Question</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fri Apr 17 14:51:20 1998
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From: jeffk@tenetwork.com
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:22:45 -0700
To: coldstuff@cold.org

I've been re-evaluating my Kelvin design as I get deeper and deeper into
my current cold based project.  I've come up with a rather heretical
question...

How important IS run-time receivability of the "class" structure (yes I
know Cold is classless but that's the easiest way to phrase what Im asking.)

I know many people are used to on-line editing of their object defs, but
when push comes to shove, for a production environment what are the real
advantages?

Does it add significantly to the expressive power of the language or
maintainability of applications in real-world use? How so?

I'm asking because this feature has all sorts of implications that result
in late binding and visualizations.  Without it, one could really write
such a  system right on top of the JAVA VM rather then on a second layer of
VM ontop of that.

Pls consider your answers carefully.

Thx.

JK
Jeffrey P. Kesselman
Senior Game Integration Engineer
Total Entertainment Network

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move
in the opposite direction." 
	ALbert Einstien

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