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  • adjective computing Not susceptible to the class of programming errors that could lead to items of one data type being incorrectly treated as another type.

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  • Now I've got readable code for type-safe iteration over the collection which isn't coupled to the kind implementation of the collection.

    Static Typing & Bureaucracy Redux Neal Ford 2007

  • With these so-called "type-safe" languages, attempting to copy 16 characters of data into a region of memory that can only hold nine might result in having the second region extended, or it might generate a runtime error , but it would never clobber the next item in the computer's memory.

    Battling Bugs: A Digital Quagmire 2005

  • With these so-called "type-safe" languages, attempting to copy 16 characters of data into a region of memory that can only hold nine might result in having the second region extended, or it might generate a runtime error , but it would never clobber the next item in the computer's memory.

    Battling Bugs: A Digital Quagmire 2005

  • Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way.

    CNET News.com 2011

  • Supporting scores of developers, and steep testing and scaling requirements for the web, Guice proves that there is still ample room for a simple, type-safe and dynamic programming model in Java.

    WN.com - Articles related to Markets Slide in Asia 2010

  • Supporting scores of developers, and steep testing and scaling requirements for the web, Guice proves that there is still ample room for a simple, type-safe and dynamic programming model in Java.

    WN.com - Articles related to Markets Slide in Asia 2010

  • This includes using strings for IDs and method names to connect markup with code behind untyped form values, overly complex form construction, etc., and provides type-safe and robust alternatives such as formlets or flowlets.

    DevX: Latest Published Articles Mike Rohde 2010

  • Unfortunately, I haven't come up with a type-safe approach to this yet, so we'll just have a count function for the moment.

    Planet Haskell 2010

  • WebSharper web applications are dramatically shorter and are considered type-safe.

    DevX: Latest Published Articles Mike Rohde 2010

  • Writing in type-safe F# allows you to write a fraction of the code you would normally write in JavaScript, which is known as an untyped language.

    DevX: Latest Published Articles Mike Rohde 2010

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