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- From: erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith)
- Subject: Re: feedback wanted on appropriate OOPL
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.220917.22879@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <726278910snx@trmphrst.demon.co.uk> <rmartin.726674455@thor> <TMB.93Jan10170408@arolla.idiap.ch>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:09:17 GMT
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- In article <TMB.93Jan10170408@arolla.idiap.ch> tmb@idiap.ch writes:
- >It is only true to say that _at compile time_, C++ will catch more
- >programmer errors than Smalltalk.
- >
- >If you take into account both compile time and runtime, Smalltalk will
- >catch more "programmer errors" than C++: not only will Smalltalk catch
-
- But when is runtime? When the program starts running, or when it
- encounters unusual data several years after it's put into production?
-
- The advantage of compile time error detection is that all the errors
- that can be caught by the compiler are caught before the program is
- released.
-