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From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: CHALLENGE: typing and reusability
Message-ID: <27FA22CE.51A4@tct.com>
Date: 3 Apr 91 18:45:33 GMT
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According to gudeman@cs.arizona.edu (David Gudeman):
>The problem with this and all the other solutions is that they involve
>a non-trivial amount of extra work -- work that is only necessary to
>overcome problems that are caused by static typing.  Rather than try
>to find ways around the problem, why not eliminate the source of the
>problem?

Because I like type safety.

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