From: Geoff Wozniak <geoff@wozniak.ca>
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: some comments on ocaml{lex,yacc} from a novice's POV
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 08:00:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mzsdv3gb.fsf@nagash.wacky> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200504041051.07270.jon@ffconsultancy.com>
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Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com> writes:
> On Monday 04 April 2005 06:44, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 13:42:03 +1000 (EST)
>> > isn't that nice?!?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Not if it isn't statically checked.
>
I take issue with this statement, not because of some personal vendetta,
but because it dismisses some very useful tools.
When I am developing software, I often find that at the beginning, static
typing is a burden that I would rather not be bothered with for the simple
reason that I don't know what types are to be used. Later in development,
once I know more about my problem space, I will migrate to using some
language that uses a static (preferably strong) type system.
Saying some programming tool isn't nice because it isn't "statically
checked" is short-sighted and I'd rather not see a novice come away with
the impression that if a language/tool is not statically checked, it's
somehow inferior.
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Geoff Wozniak
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-05 12:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-01 11:32 bug in "developing applications with objective caml" (english translation) Jack Andrews
2005-04-01 20:03 ` [Caml-list] " Ken Rose
2005-04-02 5:10 ` some comments on ocaml{lex,yacc} from a novice's POV Jack Andrews
2005-04-02 7:02 ` [Caml-list] " Erik de Castro Lopo
2005-04-02 7:38 ` Jacques Garrigue
2005-04-03 16:18 ` Parser combinators [was: some comments on ocaml{lex,yacc} from a novice's POV] Alex Baretta
2005-04-04 0:40 ` [Caml-list] Parser combinators Jacques Garrigue
2005-04-05 16:06 ` [Caml-list] some comments on ocaml{lex,yacc} from a novice's POV Oliver Bandel
[not found] ` <50130.202.164.198.46.1112418605.squirrel@www.ivorykite.com>
2005-04-04 3:42 ` Jack Andrews
2005-04-04 5:44 ` [Caml-list] " Erik de Castro Lopo
2005-04-04 9:51 ` Jon Harrop
2005-04-05 12:00 ` Geoff Wozniak [this message]
2005-04-05 13:49 ` Jon Harrop
2005-04-05 14:26 ` Richard Jones
2005-04-05 16:13 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-04-06 4:52 ` Geoff Wozniak
2005-04-06 5:12 ` Kenneth Knowles
2005-04-06 6:15 ` some comments on ocaml{lex,yacc} from anovice's POV Jack Andrews
2005-04-04 10:29 ` [Caml-list] Re: some comments on ocaml{lex,yacc} from a novice's POV Daan Leijen
2005-04-04 17:39 ` Paul Snively
2005-04-04 18:16 ` skaller
2005-04-04 18:49 ` Paul Snively
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