On Wed Sep 20, 2006 at 12:58:15 +1000, O Plameras wrote: >Michael (Micksa) Slade wrote: >> >> >>I love perl. And if I had/took the time to learn python or ruby, I'm >>sure I would love them too (maybe slightly less, but let's not go >>there). Without dynamic typing I doubt these languages would be as >>flexible as they are. >Since you love perl, you'll even love Ruby. >When you have time, have a look at these. > >What I'm trying to point out in the >previous paragraphs is that the advantages >of static types over dynamic types are >more than offset by the benefits of the >approximation of our natural language, >which helps in formatting the right >syntax and producing more for a >given time frame.
You are conflating two issues. Static vs. dynamic typing and low-level vs. high-level language. The two are not mutually exclusive! Benno _______________________________________________ coders mailing list coders@slug.org.au http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
