38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using types

Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by victorNicollet on Monday February 11, 2019 @03:41PM (#19138095)

In a statically typed language, the code will not run until I have convinced the compiler that it should. If I wanted to explore the behaviour of `frobnicate` before committing to a design, I would still have to define all those satellite types that may well become unnecessary.

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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by seanwilson on Monday February 11, 2019 @07:07PM (#19139789)

TypeScript lets you add the "any" type to say you don't care now. Solved?

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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by victorNicollet on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @03:22AM (#19141927)

I mentioned Typescript as an example of language where I could do this, so... Yes?

Typescript is not a language I would say has a verbose type system.

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