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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
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Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen <ole-hjalmar.kristensen@substitute_employer_here.com> wrote:
:>>>>> "LD" == Lionel Draghi <Lionel.nospam.Draghi@Ada-France.org> writes:
: 
:    LD> jayessay wrote:
:    LD> ...
:    >> Exactly.  Actually this sort of development will save you much more
:    >> time and money than you could ever hope for from typical static typing.
: 
:    LD> How could this be?
:    LD> With powerful typing you write code.
:    LD> Without, you write as much code and much more tests.
: 
: You are missing the point. He is not arguing against strong typing,
: but against *static* typing.

I don't think so. For type checking to become effective with strong
but dynamic checking, the program (or expression) will have to be run.

-- Georg