Re: Limit of 255 superclasses too low?

  Chris F Clark <cfc@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:
> Just like Moore's law, the size of the simulated chips doubles with
> great regularity, and at roughly the same speed, so any fixed limit
> (on any attribute of the compiled code) will eventually be exceeded,
> and automated source code writers will then find another limit to
> stretch to cover the boundaries in the problem limit.


Chris,


  I must have missed your message. Sorry for the delay in answering...


  I guess the general consensus is that 255 classes are enough for 80% of
programs, which is enough for me.


  Luckily, my language is basically for beginners, so I doubt they'll
write code like that. If they do, they're probably doing some horrible
design mistake so I guess it's a good idea to give them an error message.


  But I guess there would be a way to break any limit. Your program
definitely sounds interesting. What is it used for? You mentioned a
chip, but that's it ?


Thanks,
-- Uli
http://www.zathras.de

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