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From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] dhog the corruptor!
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In-Reply-To: <20011114003429.34D279C404@barf.ugcs.caltech.edu>; from Quinn Dunkan on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 04:34:24PM -0800
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 06:46:53 +0200
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 04:34:24PM -0800, Quinn Dunkan wrote:
>
> forsyth:
> > type checking is often ignored in these interfaces.
> > with static linking #include and mk are often adequate if
> > not perfect, but dynamic linking increases the chances for
> > error.
>
> AFAICT, though, dynamically typed languages don't have to worry about it.
> Skeptics would say "that's because the chances for error are already at
> maximum and can't be increased" :)

Got bit by that yesterday: my NetBSD packaged "psql" had forgotten to
include -ltermcap on the ld command.  Took me hours to realise it
wasn't an upgrade problem, just finger trouble :-(

No compile time diagnostics, of course.

++L