Re:Complete Rewrite of ESLint
by blauditore on Monday November 28, 2022 @01:58PM
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It's crazy how just a few years ago, many web (turned Node) devs insisted that static types are overrated and one can totally maintain large code bases without. Now with the TS hype, the same people preach hoe useful static types are. I think it was just a mix of stockholm syndrome and lack of experience what working with static types is like.
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I mean, if you're in 2012, comparing Java 6 or C# 2.0 or C++98 to Ruby or Python, you can see how people come to that conclusion. Local type inference has done wonders for the ergonomics of static typing, and while research-y languages have had it forever (and some like Haskell even allow the scope of inference to go further), it's a relatively recent addition to the mainstream.