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Re:Ask HN: Why is everything in JavaScript changing so fast? by Roboprog on Friday October 21, 2016 @12:22PM (#12761711)
Why use an OOP language when you can use an FP one?

I must have missed the memo that proved that Java / C# / C++ / Simula 67 are the one true path to productivity.

Async I/O is clumsy on the server side, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is everything in JavaScript changing so fast? by mahyarm on Friday October 21, 2016 @01:32PM (#12762579)
FP can still have types, like haskell. Typing is independent of OOP vs FP
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Re:Ask HN: Why is everything in JavaScript changing so fast? by Roboprog on Friday October 21, 2016 @11:25PM (#12766962)
Sorry. Generally, when I hear people complain about the lack of "types" in a dynamic language, I'm pretty sure what they mean is [static] "classes", so that "intellisense" (auto-complete, for non-MS/VS-bubble-land) works.

Then next, a hair-brained XML configuration scheme (with reflection) will be used to work around the inevitable deficiencies, which an IDE plug-in may or may not parse accurately.

Tragedy ensues. (Or hilarity, if I get to stand back while somebody else has to support the monster)

YMMV.

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