Comments on: Brave New Ruby World http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/25/brave-new-ruby-world/ Dedicated to Software Development Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:38:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: klimek http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/25/brave-new-ruby-world/#comment-466 klimek Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:38:55 +0000 http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/25/brave-new-ruby-world/#comment-466 Adam, this is true (in fact I plan writing a small article on exactly this topic), but if you just write a few hundred lines of script, you usually skip the TDD stuff ... I'm still wondering if type inference is possible in an imperative language. This would allow static type checking... But this is probably not possible if types can be altered at runtime (perhaps to some extend?) Adam, this is true (in fact I plan writing a small article on exactly this topic), but if you just write a few hundred lines of script, you usually skip the TDD stuff …
I’m still wondering if type inference is possible in an imperative language. This would allow static type checking… But this is probably not possible if types can be altered at runtime (perhaps to some extend?)

]]> By: Adam Blinkinsop http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/25/brave-new-ruby-world/#comment-465 Adam Blinkinsop Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:31:03 +0000 http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/25/brave-new-ruby-world/#comment-465 > In a statically typed language the compiler would have taken care of this, but in ruby I don't get errors until late at runtime. I've found that the compiler type-checking I usually depend on in static-typed languages is replaced by automated unit testing in loosely-typed languages. Check out RSpec for a good Ruby testing framework, and rely more on your own tests than the compiler's, which is a good idea anyway. > In a statically typed language the compiler would have taken care of this, but in
ruby I don’t get errors until late at runtime.

I’ve found that the compiler type-checking I usually depend on in static-typed languages is replaced by automated unit testing in loosely-typed languages.

Check out RSpec for a good Ruby testing framework, and rely more on your own tests than the compiler’s, which is a good idea anyway.

]]> By: Alex http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/25/brave-new-ruby-world/#comment-443 Alex Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:29:24 +0000 http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/25/brave-new-ruby-world/#comment-443 I had the same experience learning it. There were countless moments when I was surprised by how directly you can express yourself, but also a few cases when my immediate intuition was wrong, and I was surprised to find something different in the manual. The sweetest language, anyway. I had the same experience learning it. There were countless moments when I was surprised by how directly you can express yourself, but also a few cases when my immediate intuition was wrong, and I was surprised to find something different in the manual.

The sweetest language, anyway.

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