From: Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com>
Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost?
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:27:07 GMT
Date: 2002-04-30T17:27:07+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CCED3EB.98B3B3D7@boeing.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Xns9200929868B11derekknosofcouk@62.253.162.107
dmjones wrote:
>
> Why am I asking for this evidence? I am working on a detailed
> analysis of C that includes material on coding guidelines.
> I have set myself the target of basis these guidelines on
> empirical evidence. I am a fan of strong typing. However,
> unless I can find any evidence to the contrary, the most I
> can say at the moment is "some people think ...".
So, there is no evidence that the benefits of strong typing outweighs
the costs. Is there evidence that the benefits of weak typing outweigh
the costs?
It seems that you are saying you will recommend strong typing if there
is evidence for it, and you will recommend weak typing if there is no
evidence against it. This is a double standard biased towards weak
typing. Either you should recommend anything that has evidence for it,
or recommend everything that has no evidence against it, or not even
mention the subject in the absence of evidence one way or the other.
--
Jeffrey Carter
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2002-04-28 17:07 Is strong typing worth the cost? dmjones
2002-04-29 15:22 ` Ted Dennison
2002-04-29 15:53 ` Pat Rogers
2002-04-29 18:37 ` dmjones
2002-04-29 18:50 ` Pat Rogers
2002-04-29 19:00 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 11:50 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-04-30 13:24 ` dmjones
2002-04-30 15:03 ` Jim Rogers
2002-04-30 16:48 ` dmjones
2002-04-30 17:45 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 21:36 ` Brian Gaffney
2002-04-30 18:20 ` tmoran
2002-04-30 19:00 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 15:20 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 16:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 5:00 ` Simon Wright
2002-05-02 7:55 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-01 16:51 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 17:25 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 16:09 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 13:46 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 22:54 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 18:22 ` tmoran
2002-05-01 18:50 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 20:30 ` Dan Andreatta
2002-05-01 21:47 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 15:43 ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-30 19:01 ` Preben Randhol
2002-04-30 19:28 ` Preben Randhol
2002-04-30 20:20 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 8:36 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-01 11:50 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-01 13:39 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 2:24 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 15:47 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 16:37 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 19:59 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-02 21:48 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 22:16 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 23:52 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 0:17 ` Aidan Skinner
2002-05-03 0:31 ` Aidan Skinner
2002-05-03 15:10 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:06 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 16:37 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-06 17:40 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 2:06 ` tmoran
2002-05-07 15:21 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 19:11 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 15:31 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:21 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 15:33 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-06 16:30 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 15:38 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 19:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-05-03 20:55 ` Ed Falis
2002-05-04 16:34 ` Brian Rogoff
2002-05-03 0:22 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 0:48 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 12:11 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 14:27 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-04 0:23 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 17:54 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-07 15:28 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 17:54 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 14:01 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 23:41 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-06 18:05 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:19 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-01 13:27 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:28 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 15:25 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 15:51 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 16:47 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-02 18:24 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 18:48 ` Dan Nagle
2002-05-03 8:44 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 10:17 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-03 10:48 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 13:13 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-03 14:40 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 14:32 ` Dan Nagle
2002-05-02 17:26 ` Larry Hazel
2002-05-02 18:12 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 18:40 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 21:54 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 18:54 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-02 21:56 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-26 17:56 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-26 22:04 ` Brian Rogoff
2002-05-27 23:26 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-28 15:26 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 11:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
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2002-05-02 16:12 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 21:17 ` Jim Rogers
2002-04-30 21:30 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 12:17 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2002-05-07 22:11 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-04-30 15:39 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:39 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 15:42 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 20:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-03 14:40 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-26 16:51 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-28 15:16 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 17:02 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-04-30 17:27 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 20:15 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-04-30 20:42 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 12:00 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-05-02 15:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 16:19 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 14:44 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 21:40 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 21:43 ` tmoran
2002-04-30 22:38 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 18:04 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 17:27 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2002-04-30 17:35 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-05-01 4:01 ` Richard Riehle
2002-04-29 16:02 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 0:31 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 8:05 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-01 8:07 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-01 14:32 ` Mike Silva
2002-05-01 15:52 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 16:17 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 18:53 ` tmoran
2002-05-02 18:58 ` Pat Rogers
2002-05-01 15:35 ` Jim Rogers
2002-05-01 16:17 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 18:42 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 20:12 ` Dan Andreatta
2002-05-01 20:19 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 22:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-02 16:18 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 21:46 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-01 22:21 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-02 11:28 ` John English
2002-05-02 16:18 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 16:41 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 18:28 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 19:53 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-03 12:12 ` Andrzej Filip
2002-05-03 10:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-05-26 22:46 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-27 8:10 ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-01 22:47 ` Jim Rogers
2002-05-01 16:32 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-01 17:59 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 19:08 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 21:10 ` Brian Gaffney
2002-05-03 2:45 ` dmjones
2002-05-03 7:59 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-03 8:43 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 8:55 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-03 8:51 ` Preben Randhol
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2002-04-29 19:21 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-29 20:15 ` dmjones
2002-04-29 23:26 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-30 18:08 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-05-01 11:07 ` David Gillon
2002-04-30 20:32 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-30 21:34 Gralia, Mars J.
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