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From: skh@hpclskh.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Auto declaration of variables
Message-ID: <960003@hpclskh.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Jan 88 20:12:56 GMT
References: <4031@june.cs.washington.edu>
Organization: HP ITG/ISO Computer Language Lab
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Posted: Fri Jan 22 15:12:56 1988

>>> ... I love having not to declare my variable.
>
>>What I really hate is having the compiler *not* yell at me for mispelling...
>
>So the solution is a language which requires declaration (for
>various reasons) and an environment that doesn't.  For example
>Smalltalk will ask you about each undeclared variable and you can
>say "correct the spelling" or "declare it as a temporary/global/etc".  
>
Alternative solution: give the user an option which says whether or not
variables must be declared.  HP Business BASIC does this...people seem to love
it.