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Sir Charles Darwin (1809-1882) founded the theory about evolution of species by mutation and natural selection. We hope our project will contribute to the evolution of two seemingly disparate "species" of object-oriented languages to one that will be better adapted to the "struggle for survival" in computer industry. Time will show whether Darwin´s rule about the "survival of the fittest" will work against or in favor of our model :-)
The Natural History Museum, London
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Darwin in a Nutshell |
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The Darwin project integrates dynamic object-based inheritance (also known as delegation) into traditional object oriented languages. It provides:
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for theoreticians
the Darwin Model, which reconciles delegation with class-based inheritance and static typing
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for language designers
the Lava language, an extension of Java by delegation and consultation
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for programmers
the Lava compiler, a freely available, platform independent implementation of Lava
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for language implementors
implementation techniques for delegation on C++ and Java-style architectures
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for computational theologists
the promise to complete the imperative calculus of typed object-based delegation started in the last millenium... :-)
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