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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public 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: David Hanley Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better! Date: 1997/01/23 Message-ID: <32E7C52F.7FD8@netright.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 211766020 references: <32DF458F.4D5C@concentric.net> <32DF94DC.6FF8@watson.ibm.com> <32DFD972.37E4@concentric.net> <5bphq4$5js@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <32E05FAF.47BA@concentric.net> <5buodl$bci@boursy.news.erols.com> <32E2FEC7.2F7B@concentric.net> <5bvncj$gqg$1@A-abe.resnet.ucsb.edu> <32E47B4B.56D9@concentric.net> <5c4fr0$27j@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <32E67751.4AFC@parcplace.com> <32E7253E.4058@iam.unibe.ch> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: netright technologies mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: david_nospam@netright.com newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (WinNT; I) Date: 1997-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robb Nebbe wrote: > > However, dynamic typing is mostly a stop-gap measure since static type > systems aren't quite up to snuff yet. I expect static type systems to > steadily improve until there is no longer any reasonable justification > for > dynamic typing but we aren't there yet in my opinion. This is pretty much what I think of dynamic typing as well; I just feel that, for me, static typing has crossed over the point where it obviates dynamic type checking. Have you every used SML? It is fully statically typed, and it's type system is very elegant, in my opinion. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Hanley, Software Developer, NetRight technologies. My employer pays me for my opinions; nonetheless he does not share all of them E-mail address munged to defeat automailers, Delete _nospam