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== Quote from Yigal Chripun (yigal100 at gmail.com)'s article
> Static languages can have Variant/box types that'll give most of the
> same functionality of dynamic languages. so, instead of instantiating
> list!(int), list!(string), etc, you can get one list!(Variant)..
> C# provide such a feature with a keyword instead of rellying on templates.
> The real difference is that static languages have mostly read-only RTTI.
> (Java provides a very limited capability to reload classes, IIRC)
> a scripting language allows you to manipulate Types and instances at
> run-time, for example you can add/remove/alter methods in a class and
> affect all instances of that class, or alter a specific instance of a
> class. This cannot be done in a static language.

Out of curiosity, does anyone actually use Variant in D?  When I was new to the
language, I thought it was a great idea, but then I discovered D templates, so now
I never use it.