Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? (2003)

Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by k_ on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:29AM (#28061395)

> I am not opposed to adding strong type checking to JavaScript, but Typescript ain't it.

If you are curious about this, you might be interested in checking out Haxe [0]. It has static typing, type inference, pattern matching [1] (maybe not on par with ML languages, but still good), and can transpile to multiple targets [2] including JS.

[0]: https://haxe.org [1]: https://haxe.org/manual/lf-pattern-matching.html [2]: https://haxe.org/documentation/introduction/compiler-targets...

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Re:Are dynamic languages going to replace static languages? ... by xvilka on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @12:22PM (#28062889)

There are also notable Rescript [1], Melange [2], Reason [3], PureScript[4].

[1] https://rescript-lang.org/

[2] https://github.com/melange-re/melange

[3] https://reasonml.github.io/

[4] https://www.purescript.org/

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