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Re:The Early History of F# [pdf] by cyansmoker on Saturday June 13, 2020 @09:39PM (#23514424)
> "Make illegal states unrepresentable" > (as is true with learning any functional language)

...unless you are using a language where types are not part of the contract and not used in dispatching, such as Elixir.

I have mixed feelings about that because, on the other hand, in runs on the BEAM VM and as long as lack of typing leads to a proper crash, you may be OK as long as your code is written correctly.

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