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Posted in nerdliness on Aug 26th, 2008
The following comparison is from Dive into Python, by Mark Pilgram, Section 2.2.1:
statically typed language:
A language in which types are fixed at compile time. Most statically typed languages enforce this by requiring you to declare all variables with their datatypes before using them. Java and C are statically typed languages.
dynamically typed language:
A language in which [...]
I’m not sure I can really call this a “meme” since I was tagged with it by someone else but rather am borrowing it from the Petzold Book Blog.
How old were you when you first started programming?
16.
How did you get started in programming?
Self-taught BASIC using time-sharing on a thermal paper terminal.
What was your first [...]
In the winter of 1979 I talked my way into a community college course on COBOL. At the time I was a senior in high school and, having had the Basic programming course the high school offered I was hungry for more. The father of one of my friends was teaching a course in [...]
