I should have something to say. I do have something to say. But it’s not coming to mind. Maybe it’s the lack of sleep lately. Well, if the term lately can encompass the past 25 years. Maybe it’s the alcohol this evening fuzzing my brain. There’s just not a whole lot tumbling around up there except a nice fog. Maybe it’s the Godsmack playing on the Echo. I’m not sure but my head just wants to nod with the beat and sing along. But nothing fills my mind. It’s blank. Nothing to spew forth. No hatred, no anger, no diatribes of indignation at the world. My spitfire is turned to lukewarm drool. How’s that for a visual?
Ok, how’s this? Strongly vs loosely typed languages? Which do you prefer? In my younger days I was filled with the conviction that the only true languages were strongly typed ones, like C, C++, and Java. Damn it, if it’s a number, what kind? Is that integer signed or unsigned? It fucking matters! Why would you want to store a string in the same variable type as a double or a float? Sheer lunacy!!! I had my reasons. I was 100% confident in my convictions truthiness. 20+ years and a plethora of languages later, I realize it just doesn’t matter so much to me anymore. In fact, now I find strongly typed languages annoying. I mean, I still know how to use them. I know how to cast and such but it’s just a pain. Give me a loosely typed language any day of the week. Granted, I’d still rather use Java or C++ or even C over something like Ruby or Node but I’ll definitely pick PHP or even Python over a strongly typed language. Maybe I’m just lazy in my old age? Nah, I’ve been lazy my whole life…