Gabriel Sechan wrote: > ---------------------------------------- > >> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:57:27 -0800 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: kplug-lpsg@kernel-panic.org >> Subject: Re: Introducing Cobra >> >> I don't mean to be disparaging. Declaration inference is immensely useful. >> Having to declare types of every variable and argument is a lot of what >> makes most static-type programming so tedious. >> >> LongArduousType foo = new LongArduousType(..); >> >> I think distracts from readability. It's much better to only declare the >> type there when it is going to be different. >> >> > > I could not possibly disagree more. The most important part of an algorithm > is what data it uses. And the *MOST* important feature of a variable is its > type. Well, the latter is only true in language where variables *have* types, which some would argue is where the mistake lies. ;-)
--Chris -- KPLUG-LPSG@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
