Andre Pang wrote: > Yeah, I think the power you get from Perl/Python/Ruby is actually due > to two language runtime features that are totally orthogonal to > dynamic typing: > > 1. A rich reflection/introspection API[1], and > 2. Forwarding a method call on a non-existent method name on to a > method[2].
Right on dude! Visual Basic 6.0 has both static AND dynamic typing, and even point 2 above is implemementable with a little hacking, but you don't see people getting all excited about VB6, and not just because it's closed source. Ruby is way cool for a lot of reasons, but dynamic typing isn't one of them. Adelle. _______________________________________________ coders mailing list coders@slug.org.au http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
