From: "Rule.rule" Date: 2008-02-18T08:04:54+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby type-safe? Ruby strongly/weakly typed? Ruby pitfalls? On Feb 6, 2:49 am, Day wrote: > [Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] > > On Feb 5, 2008 7:20 PM,rule.rule.r...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > Criticism > > - Lack of variable declarations > > - Dynamic typing > > - Overloaded operators > > - Reflective and meta-programming features > > I find this interesting. I would count all four of these as assets. If > nothing else, I think the Wikipedia article should present the GOOD side of, > say, dynamic typing and meta-programming features (Rails uses meta-stuff > heavily, no?). I don't want to get into more wikidebate, so I'll just say > that. > > Ben Sure. Each of these feature have an upside, too, of course. Might be better to have a section called "Cons and Pros" instead of "Criticism"