Go is not an easy language

Re:Go is not an easy language by anaerobicover on Monday February 22, 2021 @01:01PM (#26227825)

> what's the type signature of `print()` then?

Dynamic typing doesn't rule out polymorphism.

    void print(PyObject objects...)

where `PyObject` is a base type.

Additionally, you could perfectly well have constants, or require variables to have a fixed type, in a dynamic language. You would just pay a cost at runtime to check the type on assignment.

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Re:Go is not an easy language by solosoyokaze on Monday February 22, 2021 @01:10PM (#26227964)

I would argue that you pay the cost at runtime but you also pay a cognitive overhead cost while writing in a dynamically typed language. Refactoring in particular is a lot more difficult.

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Re:Go is not an easy language by dexterlemmer on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:24AM (#26354311)

I agree. But this particular example ironically has nothing to do with dynamic typing.

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