6 Nov
2002
6 Nov
'02
9:51 a.m.
Just a quick point, which I'm sure you realise, but static typing gives you guarantees about the runnability of a program that dynamic typing breaks...
Which, presumably, is why he wants T-Rex which gives strong typing and extensible records and comes from the same great source (MP Jones) that brought us constructor classes, functional dependencies, etc. -- Alastair Reid