> Static typing in Lisp is like trying to fit a square plug in a round hole. If somebody wants so much guard rails, other languages are much more suitable becau

> Static typing in Lisp is like trying to fit a square plug in a round hole. If somebody wants so much guard rails, other languages are much more suitable because they have been designed (quite successfully if I may add) in that way. i belive the author of the coalton package is not very concerned with IDEs or putting up safety nets for developers. i think he uses coalton for making optimizing compilers. think of it as cl+ml not as cl+ts EDIT: typos