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"I have seen no data to backup this claim which would override my personal experience" There have been attempts at measuring the effect of type systems, see fo
by stettix 12y ago
"I have seen no data to backup this claim which would override my personal experience"
There have been attempts at measuring the effect of type systems, see for example this excellent presentation for some references: http://www.slideshare.net/Felienne/putting-the-science-in-computer-science http://www.slideshare.net/Felienne/putting-the-science-in-co.... One of the studies mentioned here does claim that, other things being equal, static typing helps find bugs quicker.
- jshen 12y agoThanks for the link. I've read a lot of research papers along these lines. The results vary a lot.
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoThe problem was in the phrase "other things being equal". Other things are never equal. Studies try to make them as equal as they can, and wind up differing as to which things are more important to get equal, and wind up with different results.