Ian Collins wrote:
On 09/30/10 05:57 PM, RG wrote:
I'm not saying one should not use compile-time tools, only that one
should not rely on them. "Compiling without errors" is not -- and
cannot ever be -- be a synonym for "bug-free."
We is why we all have run time tools called unit tests, don't we?
My post that kicked off this thread was not cross-posted, so many of the
participants may not have seen it. Here it is again, for your convenience:
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This might have been mentioned here before, but I just came across it: a
2003 essay by Bruce Eckel on how reliable systems can get built in
dynamically-typed languages. It echoes things we've all said here, but
I think it's interesting because it describes a conversion experience:
Eckel started out in the strong-typing camp and was won over.
https://docs.google.com/View?id=dcsvntt2_25wpjvbbhk
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