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Re:Parse, Don't Validate (2019) by jolux on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:09PM (#27643669)
Typing is just another guardrail, it's not a substitute for finding the right abstractions and keeping things simple.
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Re:Parse, Don't Validate (2019) by hardwaregeek on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:20PM (#27644434)
I agree but guardrails are pretty awesome. And if people were saying "don't use guardrails, just drive properly", I'd ask why they think guardrails and driving properly are mutually exclusive.
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Re:Parse, Don't Validate (2019) by jolux on Saturday June 26, 2021 @03:22PM (#27644958)
Exactly. To be clear I’m very pro-type systems.
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