dynamic-languages Questions

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The problem: I'd like to be able to generically access in Java any property/field on a Java ojbect similarly to how a dynamic language (think Groovy, JavaScript) would. I won't know at the time I'm...
Lynsey asked 1/12, 2010 at 23:50

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What is the best dynamic language to pair with Java on a large Java project? We are considering using a dynamic language for tests, controllers, services. Some options are Groovy, JRuby or Jython....
Senhorita asked 8/10, 2010 at 21:35

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I was reading the transcription of Steve Yegge's Dynamic Languages Strike Back presentation, when I noticed this comment when he begins to discuss trace trees: I'll be honest with you, I actuall...
Anthropomorphism asked 15/9, 2010 at 15:43

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What are the top gotchas for someone moving from a static lang (java/c#) to dynamic language like python? It seems cool how things can be done, but renaming a method, or adding/removing parameters...
Ashbaugh asked 13/9, 2010 at 19:29

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I'm trying to write a method that tells me every class that includes a particular Module. It looks like this - def Rating.rateable_objects rateable_objects = [] ObjectSpace.each_object(Class) d...
Lophophore asked 20/8, 2010 at 0:51

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I guess everyone has already heard the news about some key developers leaving the Dynamic Languages team due to what they perceive as waning support for Dynamic Languages at Microsoft. I'm quite f...

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I am looking for a good scripting language to link to my program. I am looking for 2 important attributes: Scripting language should be hard linked into the executable (not requiring 3rd pa...

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I've been looking around, and I can't seem to find any definitive answer or headway that seems "up to date". I've seen some interesting projects like Mirah (formerly Duby), and am looking into it a...
Fae asked 23/6, 2010 at 2:10

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Is it just because of dynamic typing we don't require a concept of interfaces(like in Java and C#) in python?
Semipermeable asked 17/6, 2010 at 14:44

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Why can Lisp with all its dynamic features be statically compiled but Python cannot (without losing all its dynamic features)?
Chewy asked 11/5, 2010 at 17:27

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[This is an empirical question about the state-of-the-art: I am NOT asking if Java is cooler or less cool than the dynamic languages that work in the JVM.] Aside from cases where performance is a ...
Armagh asked 10/5, 2010 at 11:55

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I need to deploy a dynamic language to a small embedded Linux device, and have difficulty finding the right one: I want to build a small web-application with this language (with a small frame...
Franckot asked 26/4, 2010 at 15:12

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What do you lose in practice when you choose a statically-typed language such as Scala (or F#, Haskell, C#) instead of dynamically-typed ones like Ruby, Python, Clojure, Groovy (which have macros o...

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With Java on one side and Ruby/Groovy on the other, I know that in the second camp I'm free to make typos which will not get caught until run-time. Is this true of all dynamically-typed languages? ...
Benevento asked 11/3, 2010 at 22:12

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I have a POJO that uses a service to do something: public class PlainOldJavaObject { private IService service; public String publicMethod(String x) { return doCallService(x); } public Stri...

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For the following Python code: first.py # first.py from second import Second class First: def __init__(self): print 'Second' second.py # second.py from first import First class Second: de...
Pinkiepinkish asked 17/2, 2010 at 22:38

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Background Even though it's possible to compile C# code at runtime, it's impossible to include and run the generated code in the current scope. Instead all variables have to be passed as explicit ...
Counterespionage asked 14/2, 2010 at 15:47

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Are dynamic languages slower than static languages because, for example, the run-time has to check the type consistently?
Panda asked 4/2, 2010 at 9:53

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In order to write testable C# code, I use DI heavily. However lately I've been messing around with IronPython and found that as you can mock any methods/classes/functions etc... you like, the need...
Bisulcate asked 24/12, 2009 at 0:43

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In last few months I have been making a transition from Java to Groovy and I can appreciate many of the benefits it brings: less code, closures, builders, MOP that in the end makes framework like G...
Revanchism asked 9/12, 2009 at 20:53

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How to make sure that code is still working after refactoring ( i.e, after variable name change)? In static language, if a class is renamed but other referring class is not, then I will get a comp...
Capers asked 27/3, 2009 at 6:36

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How would someone who really knows how to take advantage of dynamic programming languages approach programming differently than someone working in a static language? I'm familiar with the whole d...
Shipman asked 18/12, 2008 at 20:24

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I have been saddled with using an in-house data access library that is effectively XML passed to a stored procedure, which returns XML. There is nothing I can do about this. I tried to get ActiveRe...
Hessler asked 2/4, 2009 at 15:23

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Jon Skeet posted this blog post, in which he states that he is going to be asking why the dynamic part of languages are so good. So i thought i'd preemptively ask on his behalf: What makes them so ...
Christabelle asked 13/11, 2009 at 22:59

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I was wondering why smartphone/mobile device OSs are not written to allow dynamic languages as the language of choice? iPhone uses Objective-C, Google Android uses Java, Windows Mobile uses any man...
Heilman asked 3/5, 2009 at 3:9

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