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Re:Why We switched from Python To Go by nawitus on Sunday April 09, 2017 @06:59AM (#14071646)
"If you want static typing, you don't choose Python in the first place. You know it beforehand and it shouldn't come as a surprise for you."

People change. Dynamic typing was popular some years ago, but opinions have changed.

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Re:Why We switched from Python To Go by el_isma on Sunday April 09, 2017 @07:45AM (#14071803)
Projects change too. What's good for a small project might not be for a big one.
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Re:Why We switched from Python To Go by luord on Sunday April 09, 2017 @12:50PM (#14073141)
This is weird. It's not a matter of what was popular a few years ago.

Static typing didn't "stop" being popular while dynamic typing "was" popular, nor have opinions "changed". Dynamic and static typing have coexisted almost the entire history of programming and will continue to do so.

And so will the flamewars about them, unfortunately.

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Re:Why We switched from Python To Go by nawitus on Monday April 10, 2017 @05:51PM (#14082879)
"Static typing didn't "stop" being popular while dynamic typing "was" popular, nor have opinions "changed". Dynamic and static typing have coexisted almost the entire history of programming and will continue to do so."

That's a non sequitur.

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Re:Why We switched from Python To Go by luord on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @01:18PM (#14090204)
How so? It was directly addressing this:

> Dynamic typing was popular some years ago, but opinions have changed.

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