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A comment on The Ergonomics of Type Checking (2016). Parent comment

Re:The Ergonomics of Type Checking (2016) by bitwalker on Sunday October 29, 2017 @03:13PM (#15580820)
What prevents you from writing the exact same exceptional code in a static system? I'm not sure I understand your point.
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Re:The Ergonomics of Type Checking (2016) by z3t4 on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @10:09AM (#15593320)
If you make it a habit to write exceptions, it's more likely that you would. Some people think tests etc is only needed because the language is dynamic.
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