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Through empirical evidence? Do you think that the vast majority of software devs moved to typing for no reason?
by mplewis 10mo ago
Through empirical evidence? Do you think that the vast majority of software devs moved to typing for no reason?
- avmich 10mo agoIt's a bad reason. A lot of best practices are temporary blindnesses, comparable, in some sense, with supposed love to BASIC before or despite Dijkstra. So, yes, it's possible there is no good reason. Though I don't think it's the case here.
- wolvesechoes 10mo ago> Do you think that the vast majority of software devs moved to typing for no reason? It is quite clear that this industry is mostly driven by hype and fades, not by empirical studies. Empirical evidence in favor of a claim that static typing and complex type systems reduce bugs or improve productivity is highly inconclusive at best
- gf000 10mo agoWe don't actually have empirical evidence on the topic, surprisingly. It's just people's hunches.
- JumpCrisscross 10mo agoI feel like the terms logical, empirical, rational and objective are used interchangeably by the general public, with one being in vogue at a time.