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- Subject: Re: Make sure numbers are numbers
- From: Alex Queiroz <asandroq@...>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:05:25 -0300
Hallo,
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:27 AM, steve donovan
<steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
> I mostly buy into the 'strong tests + dynamic typing is better than
> weak tests + static typing' argument (especially if the costs of
> static typing are significant) but the problem for larger applications
> is that it is harder to understand the structure of dynamic programs.
> All that clever stuff that Eclipse does with Java is not possible.
>
"All that clever stuff" is only needed because Java is extremely
verbose. Static typing is not needed for creating large programs.
--
-alex
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