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Large codebases tend to be harder than smaller ones within one language. But language to language, static typing is such a significant help that it makes a larg
by scrollaway 4y ago
Large codebases tend to be harder than smaller ones within one language. But language to language, static typing is such a significant help that it makes a large difference.
I’ve been writing in python for 18 years, and yet I can far more quickly get into a large typescript codebase than a python one of equivalent size.
- taeric 4y agoAmusingly, I hate python. Static typing is a tool I like. I don't think we have evidence that it is an obvious win. And I've bounced off of several typescript code bases hard. To the point that I currently hate typescript. Despite being impressed with some of its capabilities. Which is again to say ymmv. Bad code is bad with or without static types.