From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E0E9BC0A for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:39:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBMCdrhE014182 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:39:54 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=[10.0.0.5]) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Gxjgm-0007rt-Jk for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:39:52 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Scripting in ocaml Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:37:32 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <6dbd4d000612201941wcd4b09anc503a13889576512@mail.gmail.com> <458AF864.20902@hq.idt.net> <20061221221921.GM9440@apotheon.com> In-Reply-To: <20061221221921.GM9440@apotheon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200612221237.32390.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 458BD219.005 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 compile-time:01 runtime:01 runtime:01 inference:01 run-time:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 compilers:01 wrote:01 dynamically:01 typing:01 typing:01 caml-list:01 lisp:01 On Thursday 21 December 2006 22:19, Chad Perrin wrote: > So, basically, by "strict typing" you mean something like both > compile-time and runtime type checking? If it was *only* runtime type > checking, you'd just be using a dynamic type system (the opposite of > static typing, basically). As many Lisp compilers try to do type inference and check types at run-time (giving warnings), Lisp is not dynamically typed according to your argument. Moreover, this is a property of the implementation and not of the language. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists