On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:32 AM, john skaller <skal...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > We'll get to that. Felix was always meant to be dynamically typed. > It is a scripting language after all. However, the way forward I have > chosen is: instead of "Python is dynamically typed lets try (in vain) to > add optional static typing". That's crap. It can't work. > > The right way to do it is to do the static typing first. Then provide > flexible but statically typed constructions. The more flexible you make > them the more closely it resembles dynamic typing, but now we have > a range of alternatives.
while i sorta agree, there are things like Typed Racket and Typed Clojure which seem to have gone from dynamic to static and sorta succeeded? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
