[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

RE: The Airplane Example (static typing permathread?)

• To: Vladimir Gapeyev <vgapeyev@s...>
• Subject: RE: The Airplane Example (static typing permathread?)
• From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>
• Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:13:37 -0700
• Cc: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <len.bullard@i...>,xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0501051224440.5247@r...>
• Organization: Fourthought, Inc.
• References: <15725CF6AFE2F34DB8A5B4770B7334EE07206A61@h...> <1104944891.4359.284.camel@borgia> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0501051224440.5247@r...>

On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 13:05 -0500, Vladimir Gapeyev wrote:
> If you did have experience programming in a modern strongly and statically
> typed language like SML, OCaml, or Haskell, and still do not see their
> benefits...  I am sorry for the above lecturing.  Perhaps it is useless to
> spend your energy on discussions like this -- static typing enthusiasts
> are as convinced in their point as you are in yours.

This is the truest thing anyone has said in this thread.

> If the situation is opposite, you can be pleasantly surprized how close to
> Python those languages are!

Haskell is the only one of those I've played with.  I did like it, but I
couldn't see myself using it for the sort of large-scale development I
do in Python.  Just personal preference, I'm sure.

I've always wanted to try OCaml, but never had the time.


-- 
Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
http://uche.ogbuji.net    http://4Suite.org    http://fourthought.com
Use CSS to display XML - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/x-dw-x-xmlcss-i.html
Full XML Indexes with Gnosis - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/12/08/py-xml.html
Be humble, not imperial (in design) - http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=10286
UBL 1.0 - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think28.html
Use Universal Feed Parser to tame RSS - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipufp.html
Default and error handling in XSLT lookup tables - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tiplook.html
A survey of XML standards - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand4/
The State of Python-XML in 2004 - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/10/13/py-xml.html

• References:
  • RE: The Airplane Example (was Re: StreamingXML)
    • From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <len.bullard@i...>
  • RE: The Airplane Example (was Re: StreamingXML)
    • From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>
  • RE: The Airplane Example (static typing permathread?)
    • From: Vladimir Gapeyev <vgapeyev@s...>

• Prev by Date: RE: The Airplane Example (static typing permathread?)
• Next by Date: RE: The Airplane Example (static typing permathread?)
• Previous by thread: RE: The Airplane Example (static typing permathread?)
• Next by thread: RE: The Airplane Example (static typing permathread?)
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread