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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: Richie Bielak Subject: Re: Static vs. Dynamic typing again (was Re: OO, C++, and something much better!) Date: 1997/01/23 Message-ID: <32E7BD57.2558@calfp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 211759678 x-nntp-posting-host: host024.nyc.interactive.net references: <32DF458F.4D5C@concentric.net> <32DF94DC.6FF8@watson.ibm.com> <32DFD972.37E4@concentric.net> <32E4FC5B.242C@watson.ibm.com> <32E6862D.608B@parcplace.com> <32E764D0.23D9@calfp.com> <32E7A686.56D@parcplace.com> x-nntp-posting-user: (Unauthenticated) content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii x-trace: 854048041/1722 organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m) Date: 1997-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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 in your application to begin with, it doesn't buy you > very much. [...] What also wanted to say in my previous post is that static typing proves that there is no call in the program that will cause the "message not understood" error. Is the chance of this kind of error "absurdly low"? ...richie -- * richieb@netlabs.net - at home | Richie Bielak * * richieb@calfp.com - at work | * * Home page: http://www.netlabs.net/hp/richieb * * "Fight software piracy, use free software!" (me) *