neal@cs.rochester.edu (Neal Gafter) (04/18/89)
In "Object-Oriented Software Construction," (pg 344), Meyer says that the Eiffel implementation achieves constant-time routine retrieval by representing each class descriptor as an array and using a layout scheme that allows compile-time computation of an index into that array for each routine call. Unfortunately, the book does not say how this is accomplished. Can someone tell me? Neal -- Arpa: neal@cs.rochester.edu (Neal Gafter) UUCP: ...{rocksvax|allegra|decvax}!rochester!neal USnail: Department of Computer Science, U. of Rochester, N.Y. 14627 phone: (716) 275 - 1348 (office) or (716) 473 - 2361 (home)