Is 'everything' a refrence or isn't it?

Mike Meyer mwm at mired.org
Sat Jan 14 18:49:43 EST 2006


Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> writes:
> object instances are like electrons (note for pedants: in classical
> physics, not QED): they are all exactly the same, distinguishable only by
> their position in time and space (or memory location).

Except all electrons aren't exactly the same - because they have a
value over and above their location. If you want to be pedantic, you
can claim that electrons with a positive charge aren't really
electrons.

In either case, what's the object's equivalent for "electric charge"?

   <mike
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