Short comment in bad English: I found that TDD is the great equalizer btw "dynamic and static" languages. I don't have any trouble writing code in dynamic language wo/code completion, etc.. if I wrote "baby steps" using TDD. And then, the dynamic nature (less ceremony, etc...) starts to shine.
I use typed language for performance reasons. Angel "Java" Lopez @ajlopez On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Phillip Lord <phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk>wrote: > "John D. Hume" <duelin.mark...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Oct 8, 2013 5:35 AM, "Phillip Lord" > >> > I'm not sure a type checker will help in that instance. > >> > >> > >> A type-checker wouldn't no, but a type system would; pretty much > >> every language with a static type system has a type based dispatch > >> somewhere. It would be nice to be able to do > >> > >> (defun fn > >> ([^vector v] ...) > >> ([^list l] ...) > >> ([else] ...) > > > > How is Clojure's protocols feature different from what you're describing? > > Yeah, I picked a bad example, following on from the previous. > > I was thinking where the classes are defined in Java and there are > several of them -- class based overloading in otherwords. > > Phil > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
