Short Attention Span
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- stories
After eight years of being an Internet nerd, I've finally completely lost the ability to concentrate on one thing at a time. →
6 May 2003
Weighing into the Static vs Dynamic Typing Debate
- java
- nerd
- stories
Static typing is declarative. Testing is procedural. Thus, when your program fails through types, the exact location of the error can be immediately ascertained: it's the point at which your type declaration becomes untrue. When your program fails a regular test, you only find the point at which the testing procedure detects the resulting misbehaviour. →
Quote of the day
- personal
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. ---Ripley, in Aliens. →