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Saw the headline, first though "I'll bet this is about dynamically typed languages", and lo and behold > At a recent RubyConf... EDIT: just wanted to add that
by GreaterFool 9y ago
Saw the headline, first though "I'll bet this is about dynamically typed languages", and lo and behold
> At a recent RubyConf...
EDIT: just wanted to add that when I code in dynamically typed languages I'm inclined to do the same thing. Without rigidity provided by a strong type system it's too easy to mess things up. That's why I prefer strongly typed languages so I can benefit from the structure they enforce.
- jtlisi 9y agoDave Cheney is well known in the go community, and works at Heptio. I don't think dynamic typing has much to do with this article.
- GreaterFool 9y agoThe author says Chad Fowler proposed this idea at RubyConf
- mcphage 9y agoYes, but the author of this article, which is discussing the idea, was written by Dave Cheney.
- alexland 9y agoDon't confuse static/dynamic typing and weak/strong typing. A language can be both dynamically and strongly typed (Python, for example). The thing you like about a "strongly typed language" is the static typing, meaning a variable's type can't change once it's been created.