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Re: CHALLENGE: typing and reusability

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From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1991 18:45
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According to gudeman@cs.arizona.edu (David Gudeman):
>The problem with this and all the other solutions is that they involve
>a non-trivial amount of extra work -- work that is only necessary to
>overcome problems that are caused by static typing.  Rather than try
>to find ways around the problem, why not eliminate the source of the
>problem?

Because I like type safety.

Next question?
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Chip Salzenberg                    <chip@tct.com>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>
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From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
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Subject: Re: CHALLENGE: typing and reusability
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