From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-03-04T04:41:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Duck Typing Hash-Like Objects

Hi --

On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> On 3/2/07, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Imagine Shakespeare writing Romeo and Juliet in C++, he'd have to
>> > pre-declare all the players, and come up with strong types closely
>> > bound to the implementation of the actors, before he wrote a line of
>> > dialog.
>> 
>> I don't think this is what's at stake in any of this discussion,
>> though.  We're all hip to the dynamicness of Ruby :-)  No one's
>> talking about static typing.  But I'd be happy to experiment with a
>> moritorium on the word "type".
>
> Well many of us are in fact hip to it, but the fact that attempts to
> formalize or mechanize 'duck typing' indicate that not all who swim in
> the waters of this group are. And since ruby-talk gets reflected to
> comp.lang.ruby and therefore many of the postings get cross-posted to
> various comp.lang.* groups means that there are at least some static
> typing advocates who read some of what transpires here.

On the other hand, if a thread about types *isn't*, for once, a
"debate" about static "vs." dynamic typing, just enjoy it! :-)


David

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