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I love the idea of gradual Ruby typing but I think I'm going to wait until Matz follows through with his promise to bake it into the language. But if I were wo

• shaneos 8y ago
  Matz has stated that it’s unlikely to happen for years (2040 was mooted recently). So, your strategy is more likely to leave you with a less scalable and more buggy code base for years to come. Sorbet is compatible with existing Ruby, requires no syntax changes and can be transpiled into whatever official typing support comes into existence many years from now. Give it a try, it’s good for you :-)
  • zizee 8y ago
    > Give it a try, it’s good for you :-) Can we actually try this though? 2019 appears to be the planned open source date.