From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,74a0352df2d2082a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Alan Brain Subject: Re: strongly typed langauge Date: 1996/09/23 Message-ID: <32475BC2.7840@dynamite.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 184763032 references: <51rai1$2jh@rc1.vub.ac.be> <51rp18$p5@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: @Home mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: aebrain@dynamite.com.au newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) Date: 1996-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Hugh Bonney wrote: > Another example might be to note that it's 2km from A to B, > 300m from B to C, and 20mm from C to D. So if you walk from > A to D have you gone a distance of 322? In elementary school > we have to learn the essentials of data typing and one can > start with that. It does make sense to add apples and oranges > sometimes, but it doesn't make sense to add km and mm even > if you want to know the distance from Paris to the end of > your nose. Excellent point. > Strong typing shouldn't be used as a substitute for thought > or care And the converse is also true: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Thought and Care shouldn't be used as a substitute for strong typing... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > , where it's useful is in pointing out real difficulties > in either one person's thinking about a problem, or real > (and inevitable) differences in understanding from one person > to the next. ---------------------- <> <> How doth the little Crocodile | Alan & Carmel Brain| xxxxx Improve his shining tail? | Canberra Australia | xxxxxHxHxxxxxx _MMMMMMMMM_MMMMMMMMM ---------------------- o OO*O^^^^O*OO o oo oo oo oo By pulling Maerklin Wagons, in 1/220 Scale