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From: Kevin Chadwick <kc-usenet@chadwicks.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: In precision typing we trust
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:41:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On 29/08/2025 04:55, Lawrence DOliveiro wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:04:06 -0000 (UTC), Kevin Chadwick wrote:
>
>> On 28/08/2025 01:33, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> But can you do type checking dynamically, at run-time?
>>
>> To any degree that is sensible and secure yes as you should always
>> validate the packet even from behind a cryptographic protection.
>> Cobs crate helps.
>>
>> https://alire.ada.dev/crates/cobs
>>
>> Or you can use Streams on anything above a light runtime.
>
>That’s not a “yes” though, is it.

Ada was designed to be cost effective as a common language for large and
 realtime systems.

Full dynamic typing is not cost effective except maybe like C for
 prototyping.

"https://www.wirekat.com/python-a-loved-but-eternally-flawed-language/"

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Regards, Kc