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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