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It's A "Must Read" - Static Versus Dynamic Typing (A great overview)
Eóin:
That is a very interesting article. Another article on the same site gives a sneak peek at C++0x. It is worth a read as there are plans (it would seem) to introduce an auto keyword for type deduction.
How long it will take for us to have compilers which support this is a whole other issue, the standard itself isn't finished yet.
mouser:
Cédric Beust responded to the Artima discussion and lists some links that discuss why static typing may be preferred:
http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000454.html
app103:
You might want to take a look at Jython the next time you are thinking about Java, since you are a lover of Python.
Ralf Maximus:
Typed variable
Then I typed it in again
Allocated twice
Ralf Maximus:
Weak variable
Sometimes a string, sometimes int
make up your damn mind
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