Re: Run-time Type Errors in Smalltalk (was Re: blip (was...))

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From: Norman Diamond
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1991 08:56

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In article <OLSON.91Apr6172626@lear.juliet.ll.mit.edu> olson@lear.juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Steve Olson) writes:

>In my opinion, the biggest practical problem with dynamically typed languages
>is that it is a pain in the butt to lug around the run time envirnoment.
>To run a 1 page Common Lisp program on a UNIX system means I have to fire up a
>multi-megabyte run time system which consumes vast amounts of core and virtual
>memory.  Yuk.

Exactly.  The multi-megabyte run time system provides the "message not
understood" message and nice debugger instead of mystery core dump.
The multi-megabyte run time system would be useful while developing
programs in statically typed languages too, and then you'd never see
the mystery core dump.  Debates between static and dynamic typing should
center on the advantages of programming in each kind of language, not
on what can be done with multi-megabyte support packages.
--
Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.

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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: Run-time Type Errors in Smalltalk (was Re: blip (was...))
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