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Araq
rumpf_a at gmx.de
Mon Jan 21 14:00:06 PST 2013
>> This article cinched it for me:
>>
>> http://existentialtype.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/dynamic-languages-are-static-languages/
>>
>> (Summary for the tl;dr people: dynamic languages == static
>> languages
>> straitjacketed with only a single type.)
>
> This article and the tl;dr is so founded in complete
> misunderstanding of
> dynamic typing and object-oriented programming, that it cannot
> be taken
> seriously. Dynamically typed languages do have problems, but
> this level
> of hate is so profoundly wrong there should be laws against it.
>
What? As much as I dislike arguments by authority: Do you even
know who Robert Harper is? Claiming that he misunderstands OO or
dynamic typing is absurd.
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