Re:Why We Chose Typescript
by minitech on Saturday July 01, 2017 @07:04PM
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> Then maybe the burden of proof is on you?
I’m saying that the parent doesn’t prove its point, and I’m not attempting to prove its parent’s point.
> If you started your career recently, it's easy to be caught up into this "static typing" as some kind of the only way.
I didn’t, and the bulk of what I’ve built has been in languages with dynamic typing. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14675577. Dismissing stuff as “recent starts” is pretty cheap, anyway.
I’m saying that the parent doesn’t prove its point, and I’m not attempting to prove its parent’s point.
> If you started your career recently, it's easy to be caught up into this "static typing" as some kind of the only way.
I didn’t, and the bulk of what I’ve built has been in languages with dynamic typing. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14675577. Dismissing stuff as “recent starts” is pretty cheap, anyway.