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Is that really something that's been slated to be added to the language proper? I attended RubyConf and in his keynote Matz seemed pretty opposed to adding type
by cempaka 2y ago
Is that really something that's been slated to be added to the language proper? I attended RubyConf and in his keynote Matz seemed pretty opposed to adding types to Ruby source, and argued in favor of automatic typing instead.
- petre 2y agoYou can always use Crystal or Dart if you want builtin types. I like Ruby the way it is an trust Matz with his language design decisions.
- cempaka 2y agoYeah I actually did not necessarily mean to dispute Matz's perspective there. I actually think it will benefit programming as a whole if at least one widely used language takes the path of trying to eschew explicit type annotations.
- Alifatisk 2y agoCrystal is the closest alternative to Ruby with types we have, even though they are semantically different and differ in some places. I do not see why you mentioned Dart as an alternative thought, it’s a totally different language.
- petre 2y ago> Dart as an alternative thought, it’s a totally different language Yes it's not Ruby but it has good design, optional type annotations.