[Grace-core] Minutes of Telecom 17-18.5.2012

James Noble kjx at ecs.vuw.ac.nz
Thu May 17 17:55:01 PDT 2012


* talked about none/null/nil/nothing 
   * None is no longer the universal type
   * the Universal type is called NoObject 
   * the empty type is still called Any (although it may change to Object or AnyObject)
  * None has a value called noSuchValue which self-matches


* terminology 
   - objects belong to types
   - types describe objects
   - subtypes conform to supertypes


* talked about Kim's email
    - print "hello"  vs print "Hello" ++ "world"
    - parenthesis

* grant proposal is due thurs

* will talk same time next week



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