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Don't large corporations switch to a statically typed languages when their code base grows? (FB tried Hack, Google still uses Java(Ads)/C++, Netflix using Java
by gizmodo59 10y ago
Don't large corporations switch to a statically typed languages when their code base grows? (FB tried Hack, Google still uses Java(Ads)/C++, Netflix using Java) Personally I felt the same when dealing with large code base. Does this apply to anyone else too out here? I'm really curious to know how much of the main revenue generating and critical code are in a statically typed language.
That being said, I love python and its the goto language when it comes to shell scripting replacement/quick internal web applications/dev ops stuff etc.
- sametmax 10y agoIf you need static typing to deal with code base grows, Python has type hints now.
- orf 10y agoYeah they do. Python is a godsend for small quick iterative development, but it doesn't scale well to a team of hundreds of people with a bajillion lines of code. Testing in Python is very nice (in part due to its dynamic nature, the thing that can cause bugs in larger systems) so if you have proper coverage and a good test suite (which everyone does... Right? :P) its not too bad. Type hints are also definitely going to help this.
- kozak 10y agoThese days people have learned to compensate the lack of type checking with an increased amount of tests.