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Posted by Toby on May 11, 09
About programming, javascript, ruby, smalltalk, haskell, ocaml, python, java, c#, lisp and c

How Safe is Your Programming Language

First, let me define what I mean by safe: the earlier a programming language catches a programming error for you, the safer it is. Haskell is extremely safe, whereas php is extremely unsafe. Some... more
Posted by Toby on Mar 30, 08
About programming, javascript, ruby, smalltalk, haskell, ocaml, python, java, c#, lisp and c
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Debugger Support Considered Harmful

Yum! I love Ruby vs Smalltalk flame wars. This one is about whether TDD renders debuggers useless. Giles Bowkett of Ruby vs James Robertson of Smalltalk. I would have to talk James' side here.... more
Posted by Toby on Oct 18, 07
About programming, ruby and smalltalk

Meta-programmming in Ruby vs Smalltalk

Stumbled into Neal Ford's post today which spawn off several other blog posts else where too, including Avi Bryant's new blog. How timely(this was actually one month ago)! I was just musing about... more
Posted by Toby on Oct 17, 07
About programming, ruby and smalltalk