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Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by NtrllyIntrstd on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:34AM (#28057575)
Considering that it's 2021, and that more static typing in mammalian cells would have prevented some... unfortunate bugs, I would say no.
Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by etaioinshrdlu on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:57AM (#28057677)
We don't need static typing, we need code signing. Or at least removing the biological equivalent of auto-running code on CD's inserted into a Windows 98 machine.
Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by NtrllyIntrstd on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:34AM (#28057914)
I don't seem to follow you 100%. Are you referring to biology or to software? In a biological sense I can't really see how a trusted platform would work. And even then it wouldn't protect against internal malicious code? I was simply referring to turning Cell :: tRNA -> Protein into Cell :: HumantRNA -> Protein :) And on a software perspective trust isn't really the issue here. Trusted buggy code is still buggy code.
Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by nlitened on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:22AM (#28057828)
Yet statically typed biological systems are yet to be ever seen to evolve into existence :)
Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by NtrllyIntrstd on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:26AM (#28057855)
Well, we need to give good ol' evolution a bit of slack here, considering that it's not intelligently designed ;)
Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by NtrllyIntrstd on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:38AM (#28057589)
* Sorry, of course I meant ProteinConstructionProviderFactorySingleton
Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by ankurdhama on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:30AM (#28057878)
Factory or Singleton or whatever patterns have nothing to do with static typing.
Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by NtrllyIntrstd on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:37AM (#28057935)
That was meant as an unrelated jab at Java/OOP (y'know because Uncle Bob). Can't name it cell as that would be too obvious ;)