> > I have determined that Squeak is not appropriate for my needs at this
> > time despite being a fairly impressive system. Squeak seems to focus on
> > being a very practcal language and not worry too much about more arcane
> > computer science concerns such as language safety and strong typing.
> 
> Just wanted to comment that I don't really agree with this statement.

Me neither.  This is a very irritating statement, among other reasons
because:


> In any case, I wouldn't consider static typing an arcane computer science concern at all... most of the more popular languages these days use static typing.
> 

The PL community certainly has fads, and this is one of them.  Static
typing is a delightful *research area*, but it's usefulness is mostly
unproven.  PL people don't bother -- they just publish 10-50 line
neat-looking programs, make broad statements about how all the other PL
guys dig static typing, too, and conclude that it must be good.



-Lex