From: gabriele renzi <rff_rff@...>
Date: 2005-01-09T11:16:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Type inference in ruby

James Britt ha scritto:
> Trevor Andrade wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I was wondering whether it would be possible to have a type inference 
>> system
>> in ruby.  My question was asked before
>> <http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/95821>  by
>> gabriele renzi but it never received much of a response.  This system 
>> might
>> try to figure out whether you are writing code with some obvious errors.
>> There has been a  <http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~lex/ti/ti.html> project 
>> on this
>> for smalltalk.  For instance if you have a function like the following
>>
> 
> <snip/>
> 
> I don't want to dismiss this question, but is there a reference or 
> archive page for the "static typing (quasi and otherwise)" permathread?
> 
> Also, some links that may be of interest:
> 
> "Adding Optional Static Typing to Python"
> http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=85551
> 
> "Adding Optional Static Typing to Python -- Part II"
> http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=86641

notice there is a part III too:
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=87182
and some comments on matz' blog that I could not decipher :)