Dart Is Not the Language You Think It Is

An anonymous reader writes "Seth Ladd has an excellent write-up of Dart: 'When Dart was originally launched, many developers mistook it for some sort of Java clone. In truth, Dart is inspired by a range of languages such as Smalltalk, Strongtalk, Erlang, C#, and JavaScript. Get past the semicolons and curly braces, and you'll see a terse language without ceremony. ... Dart understands that sometimes you just don’t feel like appeasing a ceremonial type checker. Dart’s inclusion of an optional type system means you can use type annotations when you want, or use dynamic when that’s easier. For example, you can explore a new idea without having to first think about type hierarchies. Just experiment and use var for your types. Once the idea is tested and you’re comfortable with the design, you can add type annotations."

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[angel'o'sphere]

Narcc,

you are an idiot. We all know that.

I would not ask such a question if I would not know the answer.

However, my parent does not.

Why are you harassing me? Do you really believe I feel harassed?

Sorry my young fellow ... you have much to learn from life and you have so little to teach me. A shame in fact. I would be glad to learn something from your ideas.

I mean, usually young people have some fresh ideas. Refreshing, inspiring sometimes indeed.

You are only full of ****
You try to throw it on me but you lack the strength to throw it far enough. Not even the smell touches me.

I really don't get why you waste your time to answer on my posts.

Oh ... and why do I waste my time to answer on yours. Must be a brother love and hate thing.