From: Navindra Umanee <navindra@...>
Date: 2005-01-30T08:07:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

Florian Frank <flori@nixe.ping.de> wrote:
> > Hmm... not sure if I understand that last part... but one thing is 
> > very clear though... in Javaland, you simply cannot make pigs fly.
> 
> In (non-evil) Ruby it's not possible either, to transform pigs into birds.
> 
> > In other words, aFlyingPig = (Bird) aPig will not fly. The compiler 
> > will just segfault laughing while cursing profanities at you.
> 
> To have some fun at run-time try this:
> 
> Bird flyingPig = (Bird) (Object) pig;

Exactly, Java is strongly typed, it tries to catch as many violations
as it can at static time but catches them all at runtime.

Cheers,
Navin.