Re: dynamic vs static type checking (was Re: [SLUG] Your top-ten linux desktop apps)

[Bruce Badger <bwbadger@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/27/05, Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd-slug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The problem with dynamic typing is that it postones testing for an
> important class of errors (type errors) until run time.

Nah.  In fact the oposite is true.  Static typing is just another form
of premature optimisation!

I make extensive use of dynamically typed languages (Smalltalk mostly)
and the class of problem one might imagine that static typing save you
from I just don't encounter in practice.

Each to their own, of course :-)

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