A sibling addresses the nuance expressed in “for new languages”. But even if the original author’s opinion was that gradual typing is always bad, why does that

A sibling addresses the nuance expressed in “for new languages”. But even if the original author’s opinion was that gradual typing is always bad, why does that mean we should dismiss the Elixir team’s efforts? I have opinions about Elixir, mostly around aesthetics (for context, I started programming in Python, not Ruby), but that doesn’t mean my opinions are objectively more valid than those of a genius like José Valim. I’ve actually found Elixir to be very well-designed and internally consistent, and after two years using it, it’s obvious to me that José and team are very thoughtful and deliberative. I don’t think they want to introduce gradual typing because it’s trendy.