Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing

> One of the common issues of the Interminable Static Vs. Dynamic Debates is
> that certain errors are caught statically that can only be caught at
> run-time in dynamic languages. The static proponents argue that this
> indicates a potential safety issue for released applications. The dynamic
> proponents invariably counter that, in practice, such run time errors are
> rare and, when they do occur, it is early in the development cycle.
>
> While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly why that would be, the
> observation is so pervasive among dynamic practitioners that one must
> conclude that those sorts of defects are precluded by the general and
> unique /way/ that dynamic programs are constructed. So it seems quite
> plausible that such a construction paradigm might also reduce the value of
> Intellisense in such environments. If so, then resolving your question
> will be just as difficult as resolving whether static or dynamic languages
> are better. B-)
>
You mean by being forced to memorize the API dynamic practitioners
avoid semantic as well as typing mistakes? You may be on to something.

Andrew


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