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	~~We propose DelphJ: a Java~~-~~based OO language that eschews inheritance completely~~, in ~~favor of a combination of class morphing~~ and ~~(deep) delegation~~. ~~Compared to past delegation approaches~~, ~~the novel aspect~~ of ~~our design~~ is ~~the ability~~ to ~~emulate~~ the ~~best aspects~~ of ~~inheritance while retaining maximum flexibility: using morphing,~~ a ~~class can select any of the methods of its delegatee and export them (if desired) or transform them~~ (e.g., to ~~add extra arguments or modify type signatures~~)~~, yet~~ without ~~needing~~ to ~~name these methods explicitly and handle them one-by-one~~. ~~Compared~~ to ~~past work on morphing~~, ~~our approach adopts and adapts advanced delegation mechanisms~~, in ~~order~~ to ~~add late binding~~		Streaming libraries have become ubiquitous in object-oriented languages, with recent offerings in Java, C#, and Scala. All such libraries, however, suffer in terms of extensibility: there is no way to change the semantics of a streaming pipeline (e.g., to fuse filter operators, to perform computations lazily, to log operations) without changes to the library code. Furthermore, in some languages it is not even possible to add new operators (e.g., a zip operator, in addition to the standard map, filter, etc.) without changing the library.We address such extensibility shortcomings with a new design for streaming libraries. The architecture underlying this design borrows heavily from Oliveira and Cook’s object algebra solution to the expression problem, extended with a design that exposes the push/pull character of the iteration, and an encoding of higher-kinded polymorphism. We apply our design to Java and show that the addition of full extensibility is accompanied by high performance, matching or exceeding that of the original, highly-optimized Java streams library.
	~~capabilities~~ and, ~~thus~~, ~~provide a full substitute~~ of ~~inheritance~~. ~~Additionally~~, ~~we explore complex semantic issues in~~ the ~~interaction of delegation with late binding~~.

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We propose DelphJ: a Java-based OO language that eschews inheritance completely, in favor of a combination of class morphing and (deep) delegation. Compared to past delegation approaches, the novel aspect of our design is the ability to emulate the best aspects of inheritance while retaining maximum flexibility: using morphing, a class can select any of the methods of its delegatee and export them (if desired) or transform them (e.g., to add extra arguments or modify type signatures), yet without needing to name these methods explicitly and handle them one-by-one. Compared to past work on morphing, our approach adopts and adapts advanced delegation mechanisms, in order to add late binding
capabilities and, thus, provide a full substitute of inheritance. Additionally, we explore complex semantic issues in the interaction of delegation with late binding.

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Yannis at 16:02, 20 January 2015

Eric: Created page with "We propose DelphJ: a Java-based OO language that eschews inheritance completely, in favor of a combination of class morphing and (deep) delegation. Compared to past delegation ap..."