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That still doesn't encompass the advantages of a statically-typed language...
by squaredpants 9y ago
That still doesn't encompass the advantages of a statically-typed language...
- trentmc 9y agoI totally acknowledge that there are pros and cons for both dynamically and statically typed languages. (We could start a 10 page discussion here. But I've been there before, perhaps you have too, how about we save our energy? ;)
- tluyben2 9y agoFor the latest and greatest 10 pages about that; just search for the the Hickey 10 year Clojure (rant-ish in places) talk and the Haskell community responding to it.
- trentmc 9y agoOK! :)
- yaseer 9y agoWell done for gracefully and thoroughly responding to the usual HN barrage of technical critiques.
- trentmc 9y agoThank you:) Even if there's hype and critique, we can always rise above and maintain our integrity as we build things that matter.
- imiric 9y agoPython has optional typing support in the standard library since version 3.5. Granted, not type _checking_, but that is offloaded to external tools like mypy[0]. I feel that gradual typing offers the best of both worlds: rapid prototyping, but also the strictness of types where you need it. 0: http://mypy-lang.org/ http://mypy-lang.org/
- trentmc 9y agoGood point! I think the Python folks made a great design choice there. I updated my comment above to help future readers.