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Re:Why I Prefer Dynamic Typing Over Static Typing (2017) by carlmr on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @11:29AM (#19200102)
If the API you rely on breaks, you have to change your code. This is exactly how catastrophes happen.

It's more of an issue that you have unreliable 3rd party vendors that you buy from/use.

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Re:Why I Prefer Dynamic Typing Over Static Typing (2017) by SkyPuncher on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @11:44AM (#19200267)
> It's more of an issue that you have unreliable 3rd party vendors that you buy from/use.

It happens very, very rarely - but the problem is when it happens it can happen suddenly and be very, very hard to address properly.

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