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Re:Diminishing returns of static typing by emodendroket on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:26PM (#15385201)
Yeah but that's more a matter of the criteria to decide on the right tool. Nobody would say "I intend to use the wrong tool for the job."
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Re:Diminishing returns of static typing by vorg on Monday October 02, 2017 @03:23PM (#15387056)
> Nobody would say "I intend to use the wrong tool for the job."

...but there's plenty of sales charlatans out there who will say "I intend to get the manager of that IT dept to make its developers use my tool for the job, and I don't care if my tool is the right one or the wrong one."

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