RE: [Axiom-developer] Re: SPAD and Aldor again

[Bill Page]

On November 17, 2006 1:03 PM Vanuxem Gregory
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> Le vendredi 17 novembre 2006 à 17:17 +0100, Martin Rubey a écrit :
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> [...]
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> > I want to get rid of
> > that stupid ANY workaround in the series domains.
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> Get rid of ANY almost everywhere.
> 

Why get rid of ANY? What is wrong with this idea? A very similar
idea is used in Java that is often called "type ducking". This
is a way to have dynamic types in an otherwise statically typed
language. What is wrong with that?

Regards,
Bill Page.