"The object-oriented programming paradigm has an undeserved reputation as being complicated; most of the complexity of languages such as C++ and Java has nothing to do with their object orientation but comes instead from the type declarations and the mechanisms to work around them. This is a prime example of how Scheme's approach of removing restrictions compares with the "piling feature on top of feature" needed in other languages, such as the C++ template mechanism."
"Handbook of Programming Languages, Volume IV: Functional and Logic Programming Languages" Peter H. Salus, editor 1998 page 63 Similarly, now, Java's generics! -- Regards, Casey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
