Static binding is the standard binding discipline in programming languages. However, the demands of developing distributed, highly dynamic applications have led to an increasing interest in dynamic programming languages and mechanisms. Typically, this needs are satisfied by hoc mechanisms that lack clean semantics. In this paper, we adopt a foundational approach, developing a core dynamic rebin...

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There is no more thorough-paced philosopher than Leibniz, and the relations of essence and existence are the very crux of his system; yet he tells us almost nothing about Existence except that it is contingent and a predicate, and he half retracts these. He never intimates, for example, how he can tell that he is a member of the existent world and not a mere possible monad on the shelf of essen...

This paper examines a range of problems centring on the theorization of cultural identity and cultural property by reference to debates about the appropriation of the Maori tattoo, or ta moko, and the authenticity of contemporary Maori tattooing practices. Through a consideration of the relationship between cultural identity and tattooing, and the question of whether tattooing is an effect of a...

Robert Braithwaite, CBE, founded Poole-based Sunseeker Boats in 1968. Its fi rst model was a 5-metre yacht. Today, its biggest yacht is over 37 metres long; some have top speeds of 60 knots. In a typical year, it sells several hundred new yachts. Depending on specifi cation, prices are upwards of £250,000. Sunseeker is presently the largest volume boat builder in the United Kingdom (UK) and one...