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I find the value of static typing to be more from increasing the ease of exploration and understanding of a codebase than preventing bugs directly. The constrai

I find the value of static typing to be more from increasing the ease of exploration and understanding of a codebase than preventing bugs directly. The constraints on how the code you're reading could be being used making building a mental model faster. Not to mention the tooling built on top of the typing that can help with exploration.

tluyben2 6y ago
> increasing the ease of exploration and understanding of a codebase Very true and a good thing to remember when discussing static typing.
bpicolo 6y ago
Can't be beat for refactoring. In languages I can trust the compiler, I can refactor fearlessly