On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 2:34 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote:
> > > On 31 Mar 2017, at 19:38, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 at 19:13, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> > wrote: > > if you copy/paste something you should give a reference > > > > > > I did not copy paste anything, 100 % mine. What part you think it's copy > ? > > Ah, sorry then, the formatting seemed to suggest it came from somewhere > else. > > BTW, I don't think the hybrid part is a real thing. > > Although I understand that static typed languages like C, C++, Java and so > many others have their place and use, people in those languages spend an > awful amount of time and code dealing with the types they love so much. The > modern static languages with all their magic are even worse. And even in a > nice static typed program that compiles with no warnings, there are still > dynamic errors lurking everywhere. The world cannot be defined in a static > way. > > The dynamic type errors that you get in Pharo during development are 95% > plain logic errors, once you fix those and write some unit tests, a Pharo > program is just as stable and reliable as anything else that is well > written, tested and debugged. > > And I love Igor's "Don't ask, tell" idea - right on target. > This would make a good name for a book on OO. cheers -ben > > Anyway, that is my personal opinion, I don't want to convince you. > > Sven >
