• To: "Mike Plusch" <mplusch@c...>
• Subject: Re: Adam Bosworth Article - what does "directaccess" mean?
• From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>
• Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 21:08:43 -0700
• Cc: "xml-dev" <xml-dev@l...>
• In-reply-to: Message from "Mike Plusch" <mplusch@c...> of "Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:30:53 EST." <01ef01c2be6f$b6e36b80$6aa8a8c0@c...>
• Sender: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>

> Here's a Water program that creates a class, defines a method,
> creates an instance, and call a method on the instance.
> 
> <defclass company stock_symbol price revenue expenses>
>  <defmethod PE_ratio>
>    .price.<divide .revenue.<minus .expenses/> />
>  </defmethod>
> </defclass>
> 
> <company
>   stock_symbol="IBM"
>   price=86.11
>   revenue=1022110
>   expenses=382828
> />.<PE_ratio/>

Wow.  This reads to me like a very strangely obfuscated species of CLOS.  The 
"compatible" debate aside, I really have a hard time imagining how developers 
will go for this.


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Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
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