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But you have to use a language with type inference. That's still a cost. Maybe not a big one, but that was my point (and I'm definitely nitpicking a bit, I re
by Goladus 14y ago
But you have to use a language with type inference. That's still a cost. Maybe not a big one, but that was my point (and I'm definitely nitpicking a bit, I realize that.)
- dllthomas 14y agoA constraint is only possibly a cost - if it forces behavior you wouldn't have chosen otherwise.
- Goladus 14y agoTrue, but free usually means freedom from both cost and restraint, so the point doesn't change much. I should have said "constraint" rather than "cost". Though the original commenter did follow-up, clarifying that the common interpretation of "free" doesn't closely match the point he'd intended to make
- dllthomas 14y agoFair.