[ubernostrum]

You know, I considered the possibility someone would "well, actually..." me there, and I thought about putting in a pedantic "unless the language you are using supports a type which can be either an integer or a string, and you have previously indicated that the name in question is of such a type, and the values you are attempting to assign are legal for that previously-indicated type".

But then I decided I wanted to live in a world where people don't need to write a Ph.D. thesis with a hundred pages of footnotes covering every conceivable logically-possible eventuality just to make a simple point.

[AnaniasAnanas]

> and you have previously indicated that the name in question is of such a type

This is not needed under the inference system proposed in that paper.

> But then I decided I wanted to live in a world where people don't need to write a Ph.D. thesis with a hundred pages of footnotes covering every conceivable logically-possible eventuality just to make a simple point.

Have you considered finding better examples instead? I think that a better explanation on the differences between static and dynamic typing would be to simply say that in dynamic typing type checking happens during the runtime while in static typing type checking happens during the compile time.

[ubernostrum]

Have you considered finding better examples instead?

Have you considered being a better person? Rushing to "well actually" someone else over even the tiniest omission in something they say is not a positive character trait. What you should do is immediately and permanently and irrevocably stop doing it.

[AnaniasAnanas]

> Rushing to "well actually" someone else over even the tiniest omission

Except that I don't believe that it was a tiny omission - especially when you are trying to correct someone.

> is not a positive character trait

Neither is saying "You're welcome to your humble opinion" and continuing with an incorrect example to be honest.

> What you should do is immediately and permanently and irrevocably stop doing it

No can do. I have multiple times fallen "victim" to incorrect examples or claims online - and have multiple times also been "saved" by people posting corrections (even minor ones). If this is something that I can prevent from happening to others, is the ethical thing not to post a correction?

In any case, I did not mean to insult you nor was my post meant to be an aggression to you. I would suggest for the future to take corrections with a more open mind - not everyone is after you.