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I have yet to see reliable commentary from developers who used a good static type system for an extended period of time and still willingly prefer dynamic types

by kod 9y ago

I have yet to see reliable commentary from developers who used a good static type system for an extended period of time and still willingly prefer dynamic types. For instance, Rich Hickey makes fun of how long it takes to learn Haskell. I'm not aware of him having done significant work in anything better than Java.

tome 9y ago
I think Rich Hickey has significant experience with Haskell and there's at least one former Haskell user on HN who has transitioned to Clojure. I still don't quite get their point but I don't think they're speaking from ignorance.
- kod 9y ago
  What are you basing the assertion about Rich Hickey's haskell experience on? His github doesn't have any haskell code, for instance.
  - tome 9y ago
    It was reported here by some Clojurists and I took their word for it.