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> Actually, I think the next big unlock in user adoption is static typing. From reading that post, it sounds like Jose does not believe static typing is needed
by tiffanyh 4y ago
> Actually, I think the next big unlock in user adoption is static typing.
From reading that post, it sounds like Jose does not believe static typing is needed. But a nice to have to address a very narrow set of use cases that primarily would help for documentation, not bug mitigation.
- h0l0cube 4y agoI think that Jose makes a solid case that static typing doesn’t bring as much to the table to Elixir as most people believe, but enough people point to the lack of it as a reason not to adopt the language that it’s worth addressing. Again, I think @spec is great and people should use it more – just treat the dialyzer warnings as errors. Edit: Not sure why the downvotes, but the talking points by Jose are on his ElixirConf keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf5Hsa1KOc8&t=408s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf5Hsa1KOc8&t=408s I'm not saying that types aren't a useful addition to Elixir, just that many people have wrong claims as to how they could be a useful addition to Elixir.