On: Stupidly Typed Programming Languages

[joegibbs]

I don’t get it. What else could it possibly output first, and what languages do that?

[s6af7ygt → joegibbs]

I think it's a joking dig, saying that dynamic (interpreted) languages are stupid while compiled languages are not. `im_stupid()` is not defined, so there should be a compilation error. If it first prints the output of `print` before giving an error about `im_stupid` not being defined, it's a dynamic language, and (according to the author) that's stupid.

[alt187 → joegibbs]

An exception. It could also not compile, making it never print out the "Hello!" line.

[ktm5j → alt187]

Okay, but I still don't think it's obvious where types come into this.. is it because the function definition for main has no return type?

[gorjusborg → ktm5j]

Found a nerd! Get 'em!

(just kidding of course, matching the tone of the article)

[gorjusborg → alt187]

Or, the error message could print the failing line along with the error.

Wouldn't that make it a stupidly typed language?