From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-09-03T20:32:55+09:00
Subject: Re: What makes Ruby a dynamic language?

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Иван Бишевац <ivan.bisevac@gmail.com> wrote:

> There is dynamic programming in Java through reflection and proxies but it
> isn't nearly powerful like in Ruby.

Careful with the wording: "dynamic programming" is a specific
algorithmic technique and has nothing to do in particular with why
Ruby is called a "dynamic language".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming

An important point which apparently hasn't been mentioned yet is
dynamic typing vs. static typing: in Ruby variables are typeless while
in statically typed languages they are typed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_typing#Dynamic_typing

Kind regards

robert

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