Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> There are few other unsafe OOP languages I know enough about to discuss. Ada 
>> and C++ are the only unsafe OOP languages I know
> 
>   Ok, here's a couple more:
> 
> - Objective-C. Regardless of the name, has nothing to do with C++.

Hmm. Yes, ok, I'd forgotten about that one, since I looked at it way back in 
the NeXT days but never used it. Very good, thanks. That's another example 
of an unsafe OO language where the lack of safety can lead to lack of 
modularity with all the same problems as C++.

> - C#. Regardless of the name, has nothing to do with C++.

C# is only unsafe if you specifically tell it "hey, I'm doing something 
unsafe."  That doesn't really count, any more than a safe language that can 
call out to C libraries is "unsafe".

>   I still see no connection to "unsafe" languages and "reflection". Those
> were your inventions.

Yes. It's part of an ongoing conversation, you see. "Access to private 
members violates encapsulation."   "Yes, and here's other ways to violate 
encapsulation."  See?

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
   unable to read this, even at arm's length."

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