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As a matter of fact, they do. Unlike Java IDEs, Smalltalk dev tools are implemented via reflection on the running program. Between information available from th
by cwp 11y ago
As a matter of fact, they do. Unlike Java IDEs, Smalltalk dev tools are implemented via reflection on the running program. Between information available from the runtime data structures in the program and the fact that Smalltalk uses single dispatch polymorphism, static type declarations aren't necessary for correct automatic refactorings.
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- incepted 11y ago> static type declarations aren't necessary for correct automatic refactorings. They very much are, it's a scientific fact (look up the Curry-Howard isomorphism).