Glenn,

	Thanks, but no, it was much more concise. Something like, "I have nothing  
against them but I've never encountered one that wasn't more trouble than  
it was worth"?

	===Blake===

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:39:44 -0800, Glenn Ehrlich  
<glenn.ehrlich at gd-ais.com> wrote:

> Blake <blake <at> kingdomrpg.com> writes:
>
>>
>> Hey, all,
>>
>> 	I'm trying to find Alan Kay's static typing system quote ("more trouble
>> than they're worth"?) somewhere on the 'net so I can link to it for an
>> article.
>>
>> 	Does anyone remember what it was, exactly?
>>
>> 	===Blake===
>>
>>
>
>
> Are you thinking of his ACM Queue interview:
>
> http://www.acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=273
>
> Where he says this:
>
> "Some people are completely religious about type systems and as a  
> mathematician
> I love the idea of type systems, but nobody has ever come up with one  
> that has
> enough scope. If you combine Simula and Lisp—Lisp didn’t have data  
> structures,
> it had instances of objects—you would have a dynamic type system that  
> would give
> you the range of expression you need."
>
> Glenn Ehrlich
>
>