Re:Ask HN: How to be fluent in functional language speak?
by jolux on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:33PM
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I don’t think many people programming in dynamic languages would die on that hill. Avoiding types is kind of the allure, I think?
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Re:Ask HN: How to be fluent in functional language speak?
by bojo on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:55PM
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At the expense of having to write more tests that a type system could have solved at compile time, and likely catch more runtime logic bugs as well.
For the record I am a convert. Types have made my developer life much happier, especially working with unfamiliar code across multiple projects/teams. When you treat your builds as long term proofs your confidence level increases dramatically.