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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Re: Run-time Type Errors in Smalltalk (was Re: blip (was...))
Message-ID: <1130015@gore.com>
Date: 15 May 91 00:35:28 GMT
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Reply-To: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
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Jacob Gore says:
>   I've spent many hours seeking a bug that a compiler for a strongly typed
>   language would have caught.  Proof enough for me.

/ comp.object / kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin) / May  9, 1991 /
> But were you using a dynamically typed language, and, if so, which?

Hmm... good point.  I was using C (pre-prototype).  Since it wasn't a
dormant bug, a dynamically typed language would have caught it.

Jacob
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