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From: kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin)
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Subject: Re: Re: Run-time Type Errors in Smalltalk (was Re: blip (was...))
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Date: 9 May 91 14:45:57 GMT
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Jacob Gore says:

   / comp.object / cpp@calmasd.Prime.COM (Chuck Peterson) / May  2, 1991 /
   > Has a cost of additional error and maintenance of dynamically vs.
   > statically typed programming really been proven?

   Proven shmoven.

   I've spent many hours seeking a bug that a compiler for a strongly typed
   language would have caught.  Proof enough for me.

But were you using a dynamically typed language, and, if so, which?
--

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