From: Richie Bielak <richieb@calfp.com>
Subject: Re: Static vs. Dynamic typing again (was Re: OO, C++, and something much better!)
Date: 1997/01/23
Date: 1997-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <32E7BB32.6A9D@calfp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 32E7A686.56D@parcplace.com
Eric Clayberg wrote:
>
> Richie Bielak wrote:
> > but static typing _proves_ absence of certain kinds of errors.
>
> That's all well and good, but if the percentage of those kinds of errors
> is absurdly low ...
That hasn't been my experience. I've used PASCAL, Modula-2 and now
Eiffel.
But that's only hearsay.
>
> I'm actually somewhat ambivalent about static typing. I find it to be
> very useful in a language like C++ where the syntax is complex and the
> function invocation syntax makes it easy to transpose (or even leave
> out) arguments.
What do you think about Eiffel?
[...]
>
> The largest Smalltalk project I worked on was well over a million lines
> of code and had 10-30 people working on it at any one time. The largest
> Smalltalk project that I worked on by myself had over 100,000 lines of
> code in it. I have personally written over 400,000 lines of commercial
> Smalltalk code (ranging from shrink-wrapped apps to mission critical MIS
> apps).
>
I'm impressed.
> Why do you ask?
>
I find that static typing helps a lot on large projects. Let's say
I change one of my classes (say, I add an argument to a routine). I
change
my code and then attempt to compile. The compiler will find all the
places
where my routine is used and will complain. Even routines that
get hardly ever executed (like error handlers or end of year processing
etc).
How do you handle this type of change in Smalltalk? How do you find
the dependancies?
...richie
P.S. When I worked in Modula-2 our applications ranged 100,000 to
500,000 LOCs,
and the current Eiffel project I'm working on is about 700K LOC.
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1997-01-17 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-17 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1997-01-17 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-18 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-17 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-20 0:00 ` Damon Feldman
1997-01-19 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-20 0:00 ` Graham Hughes
1997-01-21 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-21 0:00 ` Marc Robertson
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Mark Windholtz
1997-01-27 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-28 0:00 ` David Hanley
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1997-01-28 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-29 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-30 0:00 ` David L. Shang
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Black box or white box (Re: OO, C++, and something much better!) David L. Shang
1997-01-29 0:00 ` OO, C++, and something much better! Jun Nolasco
1997-01-21 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Graham Hughes
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Mark Woodruff
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Claus Reinke
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Lawrence G. Mayka
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Claus Reinke
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
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1997-02-12 0:00 ` Ulf Schuenemann
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Robb Nebbe
1997-01-23 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
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1997-01-28 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Alan Knight
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Rolf Breuning
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Ed Shirk
1997-01-20 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1997-01-20 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-21 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Bob Jarvis
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Damon Feldman
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Bob Jarvis
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Samuel S. Shuster
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Eirik Mangseth
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Jun Nolasco
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-01-29 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-02-08 0:00 ` Robin Rosenberg
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-27 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Dennis Smith
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Luther Hampton
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-01-28 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Jacqueline U. Robertson
1997-01-29 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
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1997-06-27 0:00 ` David Shang
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Mike Stark
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Ronald E Jeffries
1997-06-29 0:00 ` Mike Anderson
1997-06-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-30 0:00 ` Kohler Markus
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1997-01-28 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-29 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Rolf Breuning
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-20 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-19 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Bob Jarvis
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-26 0:00 ` James O'Connor
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-26 0:00 ` George Wolke
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-19 0:00 ` Soren Skogstad Nielsen
1997-01-20 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Multiple Type Interfaces Jon S Anthony
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1997-01-28 0:00 ` david scott gibson
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-01-29 0:00 ` david scott gibson
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-29 0:00 ` david scott gibson
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Dave Gibson
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-21 0:00 ` OO, C++, and something much better! Matthew S. Whiting
1997-01-21 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-01-22 0:00 ` John Kuszewski
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1997-01-23 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-01-27 0:00 ` John Woods
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Combining dynamic and static typing Don Harrison
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Erik M. Buck
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1997-01-25 0:00 ` Nathan M. Urban
1997-01-28 0:00 ` David L. Shang
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Luther Hampton
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Marc De Scheemaecker
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Nathan M. Urban
1997-01-29 0:00 ` David L. Shang
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Russ McClelland
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1997-02-09 0:00 ` daniel damian burden
1997-01-27 0:00 ` David L. Shang
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1997-01-29 0:00 ` David L. Shang
1997-01-24 0:00 ` OO, C++, and something much better! Andy Bower
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-26 0:00 ` William Clodius
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Damon Feldman
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Felix Beer
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Del Archer
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
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1997-01-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-26 0:00 ` James O'Connor
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1997-01-27 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Antoine Trux
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1997-01-26 0:00 ` Larry J. Elmore
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-26 0:00 ` TanselErsavas
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Samuel S. Shuster
1997-01-27 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
1997-01-27 0:00 ` David Hanley
1997-01-28 0:00 ` OO, C++, and more and more useless arguments! Robert C. Martin
1997-01-28 0:00 ` OO, C++, and something much better! Al Christians
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1997-01-29 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-02-21 0:00 ` Eric W. Nikitin
1997-02-21 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
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1997-02-24 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-02-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-25 0:00 ` Eric W. Nikitin
1997-01-21 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
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1997-01-28 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
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1997-01-27 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Reflection in Ada (was: Re: OO, C++, and something much better!) Norman H. Cohen
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1997-01-23 0:00 ` Richie Bielak
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1997-01-28 0:00 ` Alan Knight
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1997-01-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-19 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
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1997-01-28 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1997-01-22 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-01-27 0:00 ` Bob Jarvis
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Travis Griggs
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Russ McClelland
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1997-01-27 0:00 ` John Woods
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Multiple Type Interfaces Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-25 0:00 ` OO, C++, and something much better! Tansel Ersavas
1997-01-25 0:00 ` James O'Connor
1997-01-26 0:00 ` Lawrence G. Mayka
1997-01-26 0:00 ` James O'Connor
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1997-02-07 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-02-07 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-02-12 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
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1997-02-17 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1997-02-13 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-02-13 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-02-18 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-02-19 0:00 ` Mike Klein
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1997-02-16 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1997-02-20 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
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1997-02-19 0:00 ` Mike Klein
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