Comments on: Groovy is clearly not a statically typed language. http://pinderkent.blogsavy.com/archives/145 Just another Blogsavy.com weblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:00:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ricky Clarkson http://pinderkent.blogsavy.com/archives/145#comment-320 Ricky Clarkson Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:55:41 +0000 http://pinderkent.blogsavy.com/archives/158#comment-320 paulk, You cannot defer static checking (to runtime).., that's not static anymore. In Java, it's trivial to get a NullPointerException too, that doesn't make Java dynamically typed, just broken. paulk,

You cannot defer static checking (to runtime).., that’s not static anymore. In Java, it’s trivial to get a NullPointerException too, that doesn’t make Java dynamically typed, just broken.

]]> By: paulk http://pinderkent.blogsavy.com/archives/145#comment-319 paulk Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:40:07 +0000 http://pinderkent.blogsavy.com/archives/158#comment-319 Well, actually it is none if the above. It is more a case of there are places (probably accurate to say many places) where the Groovy Compiler defers static checking because Groovy is a dynamic language. There are other places where it chooses to apply static checking. So a language doesn't have to be purely static or purely dynamic. Just the same as in pre-version 5 Java it is trivial to get a class cast exception. That doesn't mean the Java isn't primarily a static language. Well, actually it is none if the above. It is more a case of there are places (probably accurate to say many places) where the Groovy Compiler defers static checking because Groovy is a dynamic language. There are other places where it chooses to apply static checking. So a language doesn’t have to be purely static or purely dynamic. Just the same as in pre-version 5 Java it is trivial to get a class cast exception. That doesn’t mean the Java isn’t primarily a static language.

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