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Re:Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-or... by positivecomment on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @07:39AM (#15642849)
Couldn't agree more. And if you need to make it more concrete, Typescript gives you that and more. Well except the variadic generic types which they are planning to have.

I don't like node.js, but I occasionally use Typescript like a more powerful C#.

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Re:Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-or... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @09:53AM (#15643790)
Typescript’s type system is completely structural and unsound. It is very different from C#’s, fitting JavaScript well but not a better more powerful C# by far.
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Re:Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-or... by positivecomment on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @05:07AM (#15651028)
I didn't say better. I said "more powerful" and I said that in terms of expressive power.

C#'s type system is usually better except from the times that I feel creative. Works perfectly for large codebases with many changes. Not fun for side-projects.

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