\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Alternatives}{1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}Object and type alternatives}{2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.1.1}Object alternative}{2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.1.2}Type alternatives}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}Message passing and generic function alternatives}{4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.2.1}Message passing alternative}{4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.2.2}Generic function alternative}{4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Overloading and dynamic method selection}{6}
\contentsline {paragraph}{A brief comparison between CLOS and C++.}{7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}The Law in mixed paradigm languages}{7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Nesting of generic function calls}{8}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Interface of a function}{10}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Formulations for existing languages}{11}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8}Questions and answers}{14}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {9}Clients, suppliers and dependencies}{16}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10}Black boxes}{18}