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blasdel on May 28, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: These are things in PHP which make me sad

Your point about class definitions being frozen is apt — but much of the nomenclature you're using to describe languages is meaningless.

Please read the classic What To Know Before Debating Type Systems: http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/an-old-article-i-wro...

wvenable on May 28, 2011 [–]

Not meaningless, just debated. And even then, the web has helped to reduce the confusion around the terms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system#Static_typing

That article you linked to is useless. If we just called them alpha, beta, gamma, and delta type systems would a rose by any other name smell sweet?

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