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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by dorgo on Monday February 11, 2019 @05:48AM (#19133485)
Yes, but even Java standard libraries throw UnsupportedOperationExceptions. It is so sad.

Edit: This is exactly the point where a type system betrayes its promises.

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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by twic on Monday February 11, 2019 @10:36AM (#19135142)
So try and avoid it, like Scala - you have now found yourselves trapped in an incomprehensible maze of GenTraversable and the like.
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