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: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jhd@herold.franken.de (Joachim Durchholz) Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better! Date: 1997/01/29 Message-ID: <6PnYCRSk3RB@herold.franken.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 213016038 references: <32EE20A3.755D@netright.com> newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.object Date: 1997-01-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Rolf wrote: > - That's why I strongly reject any remark of the static typing community > that "because Smalltalk doesn't provide static typing, the programs > must have more errors" Well, I wouldn't remark this as a fact but as a concern. After all, I'm interested in reliability, though I find myself interested in other things as well, such as fast time-to-quality and (as an auxiliary) in reuse and flexibility. Given that a valid concern exists, it is the duty of the dynamic typing fraction to provide answers. Not all Smalltalkers in this thread have provided answers, some posts consisting of nothing than sarcasm and worse things. I wish to thank all that tried to present the Smalltalk view honestly, and it certainly made me rethink some of my positions. I haven't thrown my static typing attitude overboard yet - after all, much of the advantages of Smalltalk can't be verified except by personal experience or a scientific study, neither of which is available to me. But I won't turn down job offers from Smalltalk companies in the future on the ground that I'd like a professional work environment either... Regards, -Joachim -- Joachim Durchholz, Hans-Herold-Str. 25, D-91074 Herzogenaurach, GERMANY