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: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: Eric Clayberg Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better! Date: 1997/01/25 Message-ID: <32E999AE.2F68@parcplace.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 212060087 references: <5buodl$bci@boursy.news.erols.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: clayberg@parcplace.com newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U) Date: 1997-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Jon S Anthony wrote: > > The simplicity and consistency of the language drastically reduces > > the scenarios where a real type error would occur. On those rare > > Baloney. Only to those who have never used it in a commercial situation. You might want to try it first before blindly criticizing it. > Irrelevant in a fielded piece of software. Hey, where I come from, we actually *test* our software *before* we deploy it. > Hey, ST is nice - just don't make out that its dynamic typing is as > safe as a statically checked strongly typed language in high > reliability scenarios. Baloney (back at you). There hasn't been a shred of proof presented here that supports that supposition. Do you have any? Where is your proof that apps built in statically typed languages are more reliable that dynamically typed languages? Where is your proof that Smalltalk in particular is anything less than ideal for high reliability scenarios? I have seen dozens of Smalltalk apps working flawlessly in exactly that kind of scenario. -Eric