From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2007-12-10T02:54:26+09:00
Subject: Re: How much would variable declarations in Ruby make you wince?

On Dec 9, 2007 11:39 AM, Dumaiu <Dymaio@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 9, 12:19 pm, Todd Benson <caduce...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <snippy>
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> >
> > > > 2)  Accidentally creating a new variable.
> >
> > This is a danger that will plague any language, IMO.
>
>     To be fair, it has to be said that it is less of a problem in
> languages that require variables to be declared or typed.

Hmm.  Maybe, but I kind of doubt it.  var temp is no more or less
succinct than anything else.  It doesn't guarantee you "safeness".
Safeness is what databases are for.  Pre-declaration is sort of an
empty promise in flow-control.

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> <snip>
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> >
> > Todd
>
>      -Jonathan

Todd