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> It’s only useful because of what it accomplishes: moving errors from runtime to compile time. ... > Bug reduction is not the only benefit of strong typing.
by mypalmike 2y ago
> It’s only useful because of what it accomplishes: moving errors from runtime to compile time.
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> Bug reduction is not the only benefit of strong typing. There’s also: easier codebase maintainability, simplicity of refactoring, new engineering onboarding, potentially performance gains, and probably a few other things I missed.
But besides that, what have the Romans ever done for us?