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Re:Reviving Smalltalk-78: The First Modern Smalltalk Lives A... by incepted on Thursday October 15, 2015 @10:22AM (#10393276)
> 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).

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Re:Reviving Smalltalk-78: The First Modern Smalltalk Lives A... by cwp on Thursday October 15, 2015 @04:01PM (#10395587)
Ah. An academic. Of course.
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Re:Reviving Smalltalk-78: The First Modern Smalltalk Lives A... by incepted on Thursday October 15, 2015 @10:12PM (#10397108)
No, a mere engineer who takes writing correct code very seriously.

But the simple fact you seem to throw the term "academic" derogatorily tells me a lot about you.

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