orgomon

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1. 1.▲
   by orgomon 10y ago

   In the absence of evidence, what else do you have besides experience and intuition? I'm not actually making a claim one way or the other, I'm rather questioning one argument in favor of static typing. There are other arguments
2. 2.▲
   by orgomon 10y ago

   Test coverage is crucial as code matures and is finalized, not necessarily when it is prototyped - which is exactly where a type system gets in the way. I disagree with the idea that you need to write more tests because of dynamic typing, m
3. 3.▲
   by orgomon 10y ago

   You're not writing tests to catch type errors. You write tests that actually use your code, where a type error will almost certainly be picked up. Chances are however, your type error will already occur the first time you run your code
4. 4.▲
   by orgomon 10y ago

   Where is the evidence that static typing results in a net benefit? There's some evidence that points in the opposite direction: http://games.greggman.com/game/dynamic-typing-static-typing/ When a language imp