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> First, Smalltalk is dynamically typed. People who believe static typing is a better way to code will view this as a shortcoming. I don’t. "People might raise
by EdwardDiego 7y ago
> First, Smalltalk is dynamically typed. People who believe static typing is a better way to code will view this as a shortcoming. I don’t.
"People might raise problem X, but nah" isn't an overly convincing way to argue for dynamic typing.
- dingosity 7y agoMost Smalltalks have two types: SmallInteger and Object. And they are very strongly typed.
- jolmg 7y agoThere is plenty of online content discussing the pros and cons of both static and dynamic types. Discussing it in this post would be tangential, I believe. The authors point is to list shortcomings of Smalltalk, not so much trying to convince us on the advantages of dynamic types.