Re: Pointers to "why C behaves like that ?"

On 24 Nov 2002 18:38:19 -0500, Joachim Durchholz wrote:
>jacob navia wrote:
>>
>> fn(a)
>> {
>> b = a;
>> }
>>
>> How can you know what "a" is?
>
>No. Hindley-Milner typing is simple and efficient.


  But I suppose they require all pieces of code that has anything
  to do with "a" to be available at once. Note, that we're not
  talking about interpretation, but rather about translation.


  Indeed, environments like Oberon or Java can tackle such problems
  ( though not always with ease ), but the trouble with them is
  that they effectively make themselves a lowest common denominator,
  for the programmer, and I'm really against it. Since in my opinion
  hardware is supposed to be your lowest common denominator.


  So, what I'm really saying is, that while dynamic typing is great
  in theory, I have yet to see a nice practical implementation,
  suitable for big software projects.


Thanks,
Roman.

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