http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspxSuppose you're an epidemiologist modeling the potential spread of a highly infectious disease. The straightforward way to model such a series of unfortunate events is to assume that the population can be divided into three sets: the definitely infecteden-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10371666Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:00:51 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10371666nikosv<p>letting loose of the static compile time checks feels uncomfortable. I guess you have to live with the dynamic typing quirks and embrace its power at the same time </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10371666" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10370146Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:53:55 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10370146Markus<p>I love this blog since I do alot of C# coding, think alot about C# and think in C# terms. However, I&#39;m also interested in other programming languages.</p> <p>Anyone reading this know of blogs like Eric&#39;s but about other languages? Especially I&#39;m interested in Scala, Clojure and TypeScript, but also others.</p> <p>Thanks for blogging, Eric!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10370146" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10369881Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:44:37 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10369881deanvanrooyen<p>smile :)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10369881" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10366983Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:52:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10366983JMCF125<p>I don&#39;t use dynamic at all, I think it&#39;s purpose is to bring people from dynamically-typed languages (such as Python) to C#. But to be comparing it with a disease? You really hate it that much?</p> <div class="yellowbox"> <p>I don&#39;t hate it at all. It&#39;s an awesome feature. The comparison is apt; it is not a value judgment. Tell you what, if it makes you feel better, let&#39;s say that dynamic is contagious <em>like a smile</em>. -- Eric</p> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10366983" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10366465Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:18:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10366465Siddhartha Suripunj<p>Can some short of vaccination be administered into object so as to enable it avoid infection when the epidemics break out?You have talked about cure which is some time costlier than prevention. &nbsp; </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10366465" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10366217Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:44:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10366217Josh<p>The same can be said of await and async.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10366217" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10365856Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:47:13 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10365856Luis<p>I like the analogy used (got away without using transmission probabilities -- except for the &quot;idenfity strings that are possibly hostile&quot; statement). &nbsp;But all the same, nicely done.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10365856" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10365825Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:57:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10365825Patrick Huizinga<p>@Jesse Slicer</p> <p>dynamic takes all the fun out of writing a compiler and gives it to the runtime. ;-)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10365825" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2012/11/05/dynamic-contagion-part-one.aspx#10365807Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:14:36 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10365807Jesse Slicer<p>&quot;the taint spreads&quot; - is this some sort of opinionated commentary on the dynamic type? :)</p> <div class="yellowbox"> <p>No. -- Eric</p> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10365807" width="1" height="1">