Unofficial wish list status.(Jul 2008)

[Yigal Chripun]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Yigal Chripun wrote:
>> superdan wrote:
>>>
>>> good language design is not about the kitchen sink as much as
>>> harmoniously accommodating multiple styles. nobody has shown that
>>> that can't be done.
>>
>> Since a language is a compromise that's only true to an extent. Some
>> features are conflicting and you cannot design a language with all
>> features because of that. You cannot design a language both static and
>> dynamic ( At least to my knowledge ) since these two approaches are
>> conflicting designs. And both ways have cons and pros. Can you design a
>> language with the benefits of both, without the drawbacks of both?
> 
> Java is a statically typed, dynamic language.  So it can be done, though
> I'm sure people have varying opinions about the benefits of this
> approach :-)
> 
> 
> Sean

I meant statically typed vs. dynamically typed. and you cannot have
both. I do not understand what you mean with your Java example.