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Subject: Static vs. Dynamic typing again (was Re: OO, C++, and something much better!)
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Eric Clayberg wrote:
 
[...]
> 
> I don't follow that logic at all. I think you are multiplying apples and
> oranges together to get pears. The dubuggers commonly available with
> most Smalltalk systems make finding and fixing bugs a trivial process -
> certainly no harder than writing the code in the first place.
> 

The short answer to you comment is:
	
	"Testing only proves existence of errors, not their absence"
				
but static typing _proves_ absence of certain kinds of errors.

What is the largest piece of Smalltalk code you worked on? How many
lines of code and how many developers?

...richie


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