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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
To: Panicz Maciej Godek <godek.maciek@gmail.com>
Cc: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita@gmail.com>,
	David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>,
	"guile-user@gnu.org" <guile-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: A couple of questions about goops method parameters
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2014 14:27:31 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878ulxgfa4.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMFYt2bMCyQbdOQJvx7sarw5CV4F_aK4qdpxFdgOZuzoWWZ=Tw@mail.gmail.com> (Panicz Maciej Godek's message of "Sat, 6 Sep 2014 10:53:58 +0200")

Panicz Maciej Godek <godek.maciek@gmail.com>:

> However, I'd rather say that the lack of any type system in Guile is
> an inconvinience, because static type checking allows to avoid a huge
> class of software errors, and a good type system (like the one in
> Haskell) actually enhances language's expressiveness.

We already have a satisfactory selection of languages with static type
annotation. The primary upside of static types is much faster code. The
downside is boilerplate and clutter that make it a huge chore to write
and maintain the code. In my experience, high-level programming
languages allow you to accomplish more challenging feats with better
quality and productivity than statically typed languages.

I'm saying use low-level programming languages when you have to and
high-level programming languages when you can.


Marko



  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-09-06 11:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-03  2:05 A couple of questions about goops method parameters Carlos Pita
2014-09-03 15:49 ` Carlos Pita
2014-09-03 16:47   ` Marko Rauhamaa
2014-09-03 18:05     ` Carlos Pita
2014-09-03 16:20 ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2014-09-05  8:32 ` Nala Ginrut
2014-09-05 12:47   ` Carlos Pita
2014-09-05 19:03   ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2014-09-05 19:12     ` David Thompson
2014-09-05 19:35       ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2014-09-05 19:55         ` David Thompson
2014-09-05 20:10         ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
2014-09-05 20:50           ` David Thompson
2014-09-07 10:33           ` Neil Jerram
2014-09-07 15:27             ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
2014-09-05 20:10         ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2014-09-05 20:18           ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
2014-09-05 20:37             ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2014-09-05 20:51               ` Marko Rauhamaa
2014-09-05 21:53                 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
2014-09-05 22:26                   ` Marko Rauhamaa
2014-09-05 20:44           ` Marko Rauhamaa
2014-09-05 21:08             ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2014-09-05 22:14               ` Marko Rauhamaa
2014-09-06  8:53                 ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2014-09-06 10:44                   ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
2014-09-06 11:27                   ` Marko Rauhamaa [this message]
2014-09-06 11:54                     ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
2014-09-06 23:46                     ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2014-09-07  0:20                       ` Marko Rauhamaa
2014-09-07 12:57                         ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
2014-09-07 13:58                           ` Marko Rauhamaa
2014-09-07 16:46                             ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
2014-09-07 19:49                               ` Marko Rauhamaa
2014-09-07 23:13                                 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
     [not found]           ` <CAPjoZoc7X7s+keog6avP62yvgJyQ3Ma_jomhw6xQq_rK9jnhVw@mail.gmail.com>
2014-09-06 16:57             ` Nala Ginrut

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