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Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:

> On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 07:44 +0000, Ray Blaak wrote:
>
>> The funny thing is that the whole dynamic thing just doesn't seem to fail as
>> badly as the static typing purists would have us believe. Now I do want my
>> strong static typing, espcially for parameter mismatches on function calls,
>> but I find it interesting that significant software can get done just fine in
>> Lisp.
>> 
>> I have always had OCaml on my list to dig into more. Maybe I should actually
>> get around to it.
>

> If you do this, perhaps you can find the time to use a, uh, stop-watch
> to measure the time it takes to produce, read, and change the programs?
> I.e., to technically manage significant software. The times will be
> important input for deciding whether or not static typing does indeed
> help in production.
> The only thing that relates to economic efficiency, if you want it :-)

So the how long a beginner in a specific language takes to do
something is "important input for deciding ..." if compared to what,
exactly?

Regards -- Markus