Loose type checking in E

[Bill Frantz]

At 08:29 PM 10/16/98 -0400, Tyler Close wrote:
>At 10:42 AM 10/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>At 09:15 AM 10/16/98 -0700, Chip Morningstar wrote:
>>>>Well, here's a vote for doing away with inheritance.
>>>
>>>Well, I'm not sure I agree with this proposal, but I *like* it a lot!
>>>
>>
>>I like it too.
>>
>>The one thing inheritance gives me is the assurance that my object's
>>interface is compatible with the interface I inherit from.
>
>That was point number one. Since you don't get type checking in E, you
>don't need and can't use this compatibility.
>
>Tyler

Oh, I can still use it.  I just can't have it.  :-)