>>44
Yes but it has so-called "generics" which attempt to bring some of the usefulness of dynamic typing to the language without actually allowing the programmer any extra freedom.
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Anonymous2005-08-31 17:29
Generics are a useful construct for containers. They lessen the pathological casting common in languages that pretend to be statically typed while deriving everything from the ubiquitous "Object".
Generics are good at what they do. That's all they're good at. Unlike C++ generics/templates, of course, which are really *really* good at not only parameterizing compilation of containers, but *also* making extensive and complex code even *harder* to read.
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Anonymous2005-09-01 6:21
Yes, like I said, they're a poor attempt to compensate for the inadequacies of static typing.
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Anonymous2005-09-01 10:34
>>47 has obviously never used a real statically typed language
>>50
I've used Ada, it does OO, it has generics, a very nice package system and it merges its type system with its class system way more effectively than Java.
>>52
ladida. OCaml/haskell has polymorphism(generics,sort of) that doesn't hurt the eyes. and Haskell has type classes. complain about static typeing with that in the equation was what i wanted to say
>>57
Given that >>54 was in response to "No True Scotsman", please explain the meaning that I am so obviously failing to comprehend due to my poor reading skills.
Also, lol @ the bumping from 2005. You get that flux capacitor working again, Doc?
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HAX MY ANUS MEME FAN2008-05-01 11:30
Yet another good thread has been tainted by the hax my anus meme.
Also, managed code is still shit.
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Anonymous2009-11-02 23:12
>>26,29,31 Actually, buffer underruns are not a problem in C, but the C standard library. It's your problem if you use it. Real programmers don't need standard libraries
>>33
Vouch for this. I hope they improve and expand the standard library when C1x comes out (whenever that will be).
>>66
Oops, was about to say that the comment I quoted is fucking retarded. Are you really going to try to use C with no standard library because you're too fucking stupid to use it safely? It's really not that difficult.
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Anonymous2009-11-03 3:57
>>15
This. The CLR even compiles the code right before it's run, which is bad because you can't spend too much time doing that or the startup time will be slow (as if it isn't already), and as anyone should know, the faster the compiler the less optimized the code it generates.
>>67
I've written a program that didn't use the C standard library, since I didn't need the bloat
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Anonymous2009-11-03 9:11
>>4
doesnt that just mean you're more skilled with PHP? i could probably code whatever the fuck it is you coded in 2 days of PHP simply because i dont have much experience in it.
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Anonymous2009-11-03 13:41
I can safely say that I believe Sharpples is way better than Sepples for simple tools and speed of development.