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Article #795Re: An Interesting View of "Strong" Vs. "Weak" Typing
From: lawrence.g.mayka
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 14:24
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 14:24
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In article <1990Jan13.155115.4809@mentor.com> franka@mntgfx.UUCP (Frank A. Adrian) writes: >of development seems to be a bit of overkill. We may ask a somewhat >cynical question as to if the difficulty of setting up and changing type >hierarchies in the strongly-typed languages leads to programs which: > > a) are "correct" with respect to the initial specification, but > b) have not explored the possible type configuration space suf- > ficiently to have a maintainable type structure, so > c) significant changes to these strongly-typed structural behemoths > are next to impossible. For this reason I submit that run-time typing is particularly appropriate for large software systems that must evolve continuously over a long lifecycle in response to unforeseen customer needs - e.g., feature-rich telecommunications switching systems. Lawrence G. Mayka AT&T Bell Laboratories lgm@ihlpf.att.com Standard disclaimer.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsc!lgm From: lgm@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (lawrence.g.mayka) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: An Interesting View of "Strong" Vs. "Weak" Typing Keywords: typing, Ada, Lisp, definitions, evidence Message-ID: <12843@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Date: 15 Jan 90 14:24:27 GMT References: <1990Jan13.155115.4809@mentor.com> Reply-To: lgm@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (lawrence.g.mayka,ihp,) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 23