From: ser@... (Sean Russell) Date: 2004-05-13T07:18:52+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT]Is Ruby Top 1 of Programming Languages that are Loved? Jean-Hugues ROBERT wrote in message news:<6.0.1.1.0.20040508082021.01d58558@pop.mail.yahoo.com>... > I tend to use assertions when I want stronger checking: Assertions are good, and useful, but they require a lot of extra typing on the part of the developer -- a lot of redundant typing. Type checking can require no additional effort by the programmer. --- SER