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Re: in praise of type checking

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Hi!

Robert Klemme wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2:29 am, Eric Sosman<esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalid>  wrote:

>>       Are you speaking of Python, or of Lisp?
> ... or Ruby.

And then there are languages where you can decide if the compiler should
be that picky.
There are for instance: Clipper5, Perl, Visual Objects...
The advantage is:
You can create all "regular" code in strict mode, the few places using
nasty tricks can be the exception and special TLC.

Gunter in Orlando, Fl

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  Re: in praise of type checking Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-06 06:43 -0700
    Re: in praise of type checking Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-10-06 09:52 -0700
    Re: in praise of type checking Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-07 12:43 -0700
      Re: in praise of type checking Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-10-07 14:57 -0700
      Re: in praise of type checking Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-10-07 20:18 -0400
  Re: in praise of type checking Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-06 22:31 +0200
    Re: in praise of type checking Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-07 12:36 -0700
      Re: in praise of type checking Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-08 16:05 +0200
        Re: in praise of type checking Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-08 09:35 -0700
          Re: in praise of type checking Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-11 07:48 +0200
            Re: in praise of type checking Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-10-11 13:04 -0700
            Re: in praise of type checking Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-10-11 17:52 -0300
              Re: in praise of type checking Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-12 01:49 +0100
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            Re: in praise of type checking Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-11 19:10 -0700
  Re: in praise of type checking Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-10-06 20:29 -0400
    Re: in praise of type checking Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-06 23:56 -0700
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