Unofficial wish list status.(Jul 2008)

[Sean Kelly]

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