As Rich has mentioned a couple times, though, let's be careful not to conflate "bounded integers" with "unsafe integers." In the proposed system, an overflowing number would throw an exception. Presumably the documentation would make it very clear what the behavior of numbers is. That's not unsafe or unexpected in any way, even for a dynamic language, it's just different.
The only thing that sends shivers down my spine is *requiring* knowledge of casting and type hinting. I don't think that's appropriate to demand of someone new to Clojure. Let them learn to enjoy Clojure first, before showing them the ugly underbelly of what's sometimes necessary for performance. -Luke -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
