Re: Static/Dynamic typing, lessons from the field

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
> "pp" <pedro.e.pinto@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> http://opal.cabochon.com/~stevey/blog-rants/strong-weak-typing.html
>
> This article is being discussed at
> http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1268 and the general conclusion is
> that it's clueless.

That sounds about right. Many of the conclusions seem illogical to me, as
other people have pointed out.

However, one interesting point is the question of how long it takes to learn
a language. I certainly agree that you need to know something about the
static type systems and checkers of more advanced languages in order to
make good use of the language. That's extra learning but is it offset by
not having to do so much unit testing and not having to be so adept with a
run-time debugger?

--
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists/chapter1.html
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