Typing system vs. Java

[Cameron Laird]

In article <GKm87.107196$ph7.18077464 at news.hananet.net>,
June Kim <junaftnoon at moc.oohay> wrote:
>First of all, Python's dynamic typing nature can be a definite godsend when
>combined with proper disciplines -- such as UnitTesting,
>TestFirstProgramming
>and RefactorMercilessly from XP. XP is one of the new agile methdologies,
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		[excellent references]
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>My link is broken, but I believe you can find the forum lead by Rob C.
>Martin
>(aka Uncle Bob) at http://forums.itworld.com/, which discussed about cons
>and
>pros of dynamic typing (mainly on pros) and how to take advantage from it.
<URL: http://www.itworld.com/Man/2672/itw-0314-rcmforumint/ >
<URL: http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/1246/ITF010425meyer/ >
<URL: http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/1032/ITF010402meyerpromo/
are apparently all that's left.  I encourage readers to holler
at ITworld.com for making things so hard to find.
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>It might look like a deficiency that Python doesn't have static typing at
>first, as it looked so to me, but you'll see it's rather liberating than
>constraning, moreover, with strong confidence on the code.
Good summary.  Also, Alex Martelli has written eloquently
on the same subject here in clp just within the last year.
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I don't think anyone has yet made the point explicitly in
this thread that compile-time validations have been a topic
of interest in Pythonia for quite some time.  Several Con-
ference talks and an entire SIG <URL:
http://www.python.org/sigs/types-sig/ > touch on the subject.
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