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Re:Diminishing returns of static typing by Guthur on Monday October 02, 2017 @05:56PM (#15388304)
Not sure it's really an invention, it's been around for awhile. Check any decent common lisp implementation.
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Re:Diminishing returns of static typing by naedish on Monday October 02, 2017 @06:27PM (#15388499)
I'm pretty sure he doesn't mean invented in a literal sense. The phrasing implies a meaning of reinvented.
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Re:Diminishing returns of static typing by lomnakkus on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @05:46PM (#15396493)
Correct, I was being a little bit facetious. All in good fun, obviously :).
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