Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!bacchus!matt From: matt@bacchus.esa.oz (Matt Atterbury) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel Subject: Re: CHALLENGE: typing and reusability Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 91 12:32:02 GMT References: <1404@optima.cs.arizona.edu> Sender: matt@bacchus.esa.oz.au Organization: Expert Solutions Australia. Lines: 16 In-reply-to: gudeman@cs.arizona.edu's message of 2 Apr 91 17:10:05 GMT In article <1404@optima.cs.arizona.edu> gudeman@cs.arizona.edu (David Gudeman) writes: ... Rather than try to find ways around the problem, why not eliminate the source of the problem? Because the problem (i.e. static typing) DOES have real advantages, which I (and presumably others) prefer, despite its disadvantages. cheers ... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Atterbury [matt@bacchus.esa.oz] Expert Solutions Australia, Melbourne UUCP: ...!uunet!munnari!matt@bacchus.esa.oz "klaatu barada nikto" or: ...!uunet!murtoa!bacchus.esa.oz!matt "consider this a divorce" ARPA: matt%bacchus.esa.oz.AU@uunet.UU.NET "life? don't talk to me about life!"