From: Michael campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-11-20T12:15:04+09:00
Subject: Re: "stereotyping"

Sean O'Dell wrote:

>>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.

How do the smalltalkers manage?