RPC, RMI, CORBA, EJB, SOAP: looks like distributed systems with static typing are less successful in the long run
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@mittie @stilkov I’d rather argue that these are examples of systems ignoring the very nature of distribution, i.e. the network.
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@hseeberger Which is part of the observation @mittie made ;-) Static typing is not made to work over the network.

Feb 15, 2016 · 2:21 PM UTC

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@stilkov @hseeberger @mittie In particular for distributed systems it seems advisable to define interfaces and data in a formal way.
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@ewolff @stilkov @hseeberger or just do it like SQL: restrict to very few types.
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@stilkov @mittie I’d say that static typing is for compilation and has nothing to do with local/distributed runtimes.
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@hseeberger @mittie That’s exactly the point: It’s intended for compilation, which is why it typically fails when parts are not linked.
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