From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2003-11-20T12:06:16+09:00
Subject: Re: "stereotyping"

On Wednesday 19 November 2003 07:01 pm, Michael Campbell wrote:
> Sean O'Dell wrote:
> >
> > This was my point, too.  At least with some type checking you could
>
> show that
>
> > Ruby would be at least as safe as Java, but with all the freedom of
>
> Ruby.
>
> > It's a win-win.  Hard to argue against.
>
> You're making the presumption here that type checking can be
> correlated with "safety", which I'm not sure has been shown yet.

It's associated with "understanding" which is usually the predicate of 
"safety."  Understanding what a method expects helps you to call it properly.

	Sean O'Dell