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Re:Why don't more languages offer flow typing? by dragonwriter on Monday April 04, 2022 @03:46PM (#30911163)
> Most languages have embraced statements over expressions for a lot of language constructs.

Some of the most used languages with flow typing have statements and follow them for typing, so that is emphatically not the reason.

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Re:Why don't more languages offer flow typing? by cannabis_sam on Monday April 04, 2022 @03:57PM (#30911293)
My view might of course be a bit outdated, do you have any examples?

(Specifically for this point: “and follow them for typing”)

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Re:Why don't more languages offer flow typing? by cmrdporcupine on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:15PM (#30912672)
The example in TFA. TypeScript.
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Re:Why don't more languages offer flow typing? by cannabis_sam on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:21AM (#30915273)
So my point stands…?
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