Loose type checking in E

Chip Morningstar chip@communities.com
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 09:44:31 -0700 (PDT)


Tyler sez:
>real calculations. I can see how your Promise objects will enforce the
>activation ordering; however, I see no mechanism for enforcing the arrival
>ordering.

Well, that's sort of the whole point.

The line of thinking which led to E is a kind of computer science
analog of the old gag routine: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
"Then don't do that."

Chip

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