Alan Kay's static typing sytem quote...
Glenn Ehrlich
glenn.ehrlich at gd-ais.com
Tue Nov 6 23:38:56 UTC 2007
Blake <blake <at> kingdomrpg.com> writes:
>
> 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===
>
How about this gem:
"I'm not against types, but I don't know of any type systems that aren't a
complete pain, so I still like dynamic typing."
from:
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~ram/pub/pub_jf47ht24Ht/doc_kay_oop_en
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