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Article #2991Re: Dynamic typing (part 3)
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 21:47
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 21:47
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In article <1991Mar13.124811.1380@newcastle.ac.uk> Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Holt) writes: > So in prototype-style code, leave declarations out, and in production > code put them in. Well, I usually start writing a program by seeing how the data will be organized. Once I know this, I might as well tell the computer about it. (This is an observation about my programming style, nothing more; I never decided that---what do they call it now?---``data structure design'' was the Right Way to Code, and I can't argue that it's better or worse than any other style.) What would I gain from pushing off explicit declarations until the last moment? Are you saying that it's not important to catch typos and type errors during debugging? ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Dynamic typing (part 3) Message-ID: <18197:Mar1421:47:0991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 14 Mar 91 21:47:09 GMT References: <609@optima.cs.arizona.edu> <25381:Mar1221:07:3891@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Mar13.124811.1380@newcastle.ac.uk> Organization: IR Lines: 14