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the value of constants

2.20: news.adda/co/the value of constants:
11.30: summary:
. in classical programming constants are encouraged
because it simplifies the programming space:
you are no longer concerned with
accidently modifying a constant object
because the compiler or the hardware
will automatically detect that mistake for you .
. constants have even more usefulness
in the context of cloud computing .

live obj's have a guest.tag

4.25: adda/{oop, concurrency}/live obj's have a guest.tag:
. type.tags could be shorter than a ptr
by being a node-specific typeId#,
where the term "(node)
is supposed to conjure up the idea of networking
as being a collection of communicating modules .
. a node-based library is specific to
either a computer or a user account .
. if a live object is passed between nodes
then how is the typeId associated with
an implementation of a type'mgt?
[4.29:
. a live obj' is sent from a guest node
to a host node;
the guest-host handshake starts by
associating a type'name with the
type'mgt's body of code,
and after that,
the host can then refer to that type
using a pair of both the guest#,
and the obj's typeid# .
. the handshake ends with the host
telling the guest or the messaging system
what the guest's guestID# is .
. after that,
all obj's come in from a guestID#,
and all obj's contain a type.tag that's
understood within the context of a given guest .]