Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: in praise of type checking Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:10:49 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 11 Message-ID: <1645106.226.1318385449515.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prmr25> References: <9f6hhqF717U1@mid.individual.net> <82lu87t4e47t1256r1vh7ich0esreter46@4ax.com> <9fb3m5F79oU1@mid.individual.net> <19264117.413.1318091736115.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prib32> <9fi3kpFt0eU1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.50.217.147 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1318385449 12019 127.0.0.1 (12 Oct 2011 02:10:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:10:49 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <9fi3kpFt0eU1@mid.individual.net> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=65.50.217.147; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8729 On Monday, October 10, 2011 10:48:07 PM UTC-7, Robert Klemme wrote: > ... Your points are cogent and your conclusions make sense. Each tool in the toolshed has a purpose. I am not against dynamically-typed languages at all. One has to use the qualities of the tool to enhance one's purpose. No question that both sides offer value to the systems development process. -- Lew