[ANN] Boo 0.4.3 - python-like language for .NET/Mono

[Doug Holton]

Neuruss wrote:
> I've been playing with Booish a litle bit, but there are some things
> that I don't understand very well, and unfortunately, there's little
> documentation so far to read...
> 
> I wonder if you could explain with an example how the static typing
> and the type inference work in Boo.
> I'd like to know "where", "when" and "how" should I declare types and
> when I shouldn't.
> 
> Also, I'm not sure what you guys understand for "type inference". I
> used to think that it was a way to find out the types of the variables
> without having to declare them, but since Boo is statically typed,
> where does type inference fit in? How?

Yeah, if you wouldn't mind, could you copy this question to the boo 
mailing list?  http://boo.codehaus.org/Mailing+Lists
Thanks, it is better to discuss it there.  Maybe we can improve the 
current wiki page about boo's type inference too:
http://boo.codehaus.org/Type+Inference