"caleb clausen" <google / inforadical.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:pan.2005.04.28.20.28.58.609849 / inforadical.net... > Some time ago, I wrote up some ideas I had for a comprehensive static > typing system for ruby. I never quite finished it all, but I'd appreciate > it if people can look it over as it is. I'd like to clean it up and put it > in an RCR (or three). > > Looking back now, I see that everything is in there (tho the section on > polyparametric polymorphism could be expanded), except generic types (aka > templates) and the type conversion framework. I'll followup to this thread > with a short write-up on those when I can. > > Anyway, here it is. It's kind of long, so I didn't post it to the > newsgroup, but just left it on wiki: > > http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?FlexibleRubyTypes Folks, please once and for all drop the idea of static typing in Ruby. Thank you! Cheers robert