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From: jabowery@netcom.com (Jim Bowery)
Subject: Re: Static vs Dynamic Typing: Effects on Productivity?
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derway@ndc.com (D. Erway) writes:
> Objective-C's protocols are no different from using MI with an abstract class
> as parent.

This is quite an assertion!  If true, we should be seeing a flood of
C++ interpretive development environments displacing ParcPlace VW with its huge 
class libraries even as VW is displacing NextStep Objective C in many of its 
premiere applications. 

Where are they?
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