Type declarations problematic?
- From: Maciej Sobczak <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:17:35 +0100
Hi,
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/10/12.html
"[it] seems to be that it’s explicit typing, where the programmer is asked to declare the type of things, that leads to most of the problems.
[...] it’s starting to look like type declarations are one of those accidental difficulties that good programming languages can eliminate."
It is obvious that there is a place for dynamically typed languages, but the above statements seem to be a bit too far-fetched. Do they mean that "typeless" languages will just suck some of the Java audience (fine for me), or is it maybe a more general problem that will drive the evolution of programming languages further away from strongly typed systems?
Do you plan a switch to Ruby? ;-)
Comments are welcome.
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