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If you have a well-thought out argument, and not a quippy one-liner, I'd earnestly like to hear it. Dart's developers think otherwise[1]: > Q. Is Dart a stati

If you have a well-thought out argument, and not a quippy one-liner, I'd earnestly like to hear it. Dart's developers think otherwise[1]: > Q. Is Dart a statically typed language? > Yes, Dart 2 is statically typed. For more information, see Dart’s Type System. > With its combination of static and runtime checks, Dart has a sound type system, which guarantees that an expression of one type cannot produce a value of another type. No surprises! > Even with type-safe Dart, you can annotate any variable with dynamic if you need the flexibility of a dynamic language. The dynamic type itself is static, but can contain any type at runtime. Of course, that removes many of the benefits of a type-safe language for that variable. [1] https://www.dartlang.org/faq#q-is-dart-a-statically-typed-language https://www.dartlang.org/faq#q-is-dart-a-statically-typed-la...

EugeneOZ 8y ago
> With its combination of static and runtime checks Do you personally use it? That "strong mode" is a theory-only thing, it doesn't work with any real code, only with code you wrote without real third-party libraries.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  You are, at best, confusing Dart 2 with Dart 1; strong mode was one of several Dart 1 modes, but, yes, it's possible to run into problems because dependencies weren't designed for it. There is no option in Dart 2; everything is the equivalent of strong mode, which eliminates ecosystem problems.
  - EugeneOZ 8y ago
    I mentioned I've only tried Dart 1.x. Glad to hear it's changed in Dart 2.
- munificent 8y ago
  > only with code you wrote without real third-party libraries. Your claim was true several years ago, but since then the entire ecosystem has migrated onto the new strict type system. It was a monumental amount of work, but, thanks to lots of effort from our users, we're there. Aside from a small number of more-or-less dead packages, you should be able to use any third-party Dart packages you want while still using the new type system.

EugeneOZ 8y ago

> With its combination of static and runtime checks Do you personally use it? That "strong mode" is a theory-only thing, it doesn't work with any real code, only with code you wrote without real third-party libraries.

dragonwriter 8y ago
You are, at best, confusing Dart 2 with Dart 1; strong mode was one of several Dart 1 modes, but, yes, it's possible to run into problems because dependencies weren't designed for it. There is no option in Dart 2; everything is the equivalent of strong mode, which eliminates ecosystem problems.
- EugeneOZ 8y ago
  I mentioned I've only tried Dart 1.x. Glad to hear it's changed in Dart 2.
munificent 8y ago
> only with code you wrote without real third-party libraries. Your claim was true several years ago, but since then the entire ecosystem has migrated onto the new strict type system. It was a monumental amount of work, but, thanks to lots of effort from our users, we're there. Aside from a small number of more-or-less dead packages, you should be able to use any third-party Dart packages you want while still using the new type system.