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On 11/03/2010 05:14 AM, Stephen Leake wrote:
>
> The core of the argument is about what metric to use for "better". Those
> on the _Type side say the first choice is "better", because it requires
> trivial thought both for writing and reading, and leads to different
> programmers making the same choice for names.

Here is the core of the _Type argument: It helps avoid thinking. Given a 
problem, a coder sits down and starts writing code; a S/W engineer thinks about 
the problem. Thinking is thus the defining characteristic of the S/W engineer, 
and attempting to avoid thinking the antithesis of S/W engineering.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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