[fpc-devel] type discussion

[Uberto Barbini]

> > This only shows the implementation (and std library design) is bad (and
> > that's true at least to java 1.4)
>
> I hear this from nearly any language with automated allocation (C#, Python,
> Perl, Java). The concept is simple and attractive, the practice seems to
> be different.

I'm not a grear fan of them, but managed objects are indeed very useful for 
modelling business applications.
But they don't make sense for "system" classes, so all in all I'm against 
them.
Some OPF like InstantObjects offer a kinda of them, and I think this is a good 
compromize.


Bye Uberto