I find claims that static typing has no benefits just as ridiculous as claims that it has no costs. A simple matter of taste, nothing more.
Jun 9, 2014 · 11:50 AM UTC
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@stilkov I’d rather say trade-off. But taste plays a big role fore sure :-)
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@pvblivs I thought about that. But a trade-off would suggest there’s a “right” answer depending on context. There’s no right or wrong.
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@jnfrd Complexity, verbosity, barrier to entry, more restrictions, a feeling of less flexibility, the need to get everything right at once.
@markusvoelter Agreed, wouldn’t want a nuclear reactor to be programmed in Ruby, nor Java. In fact I don’t want one in the first place :-)
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@stilkov I never thought I'd see anyone claim it's "a simple matter of taste."
@ijoyce Agreed. I find it funny that people choose Node.js for the "performance" that one day they "might need".
@ijoyce Not that Node is a bad choice. But choosing it for performance is a bad reason for choosing it.
