Re: Static typing, polymorphism, inheritance

From: apm (apm35_at_student.open.ac.uk)
Date: 11/03/03

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    Date: 2 Nov 2003 23:55:43 -0800

    topmind@technologist.com (Topmind) wrote in message news:<4e705869.0311021854.14595eff@posting.google.com>...
    > Typing is a classification technique, and true classification
    > techniques are far more complicated than type-centric thinking
    > makes it seem. If you want to do taxonomy and classification
    > properly, then IS-A-based typing is just wrongheaded. It
    > tries to put a simple face on a complex creature. That is
    > why typing is bad in my book.

    Strong typing is for weak minds, eh?

    -Andrew Marlow

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