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Re:Comparing a web service written in Python and Go [pdf] by whyever on Monday October 19, 2015 @01:05PM (#10414171)
> It's not that painful to write in large quantities, at least no more so than other static languages. And (given the IDE support), it's significantly easier to refactor code in Java than a dynamic language.

Java does not have type inference, does it? That alone makes it more painful than other static languages.

Does Java have type inference?

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Re:Comparing a web service written in Python and Go [pdf] by oldmanjay on Monday October 19, 2015 @01:17PM (#10414254)
In certain situations, like some generics declarations, and in the lambda syntax. Overall, no.

Even still, it's only a bit of typing, which has never really bothered me. Once typed, the available refactoring tools make it super simple to edit, and I find that I spend way more time editing code than creating it from whole cloth.

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