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Re:Strong typing, a hill I'm willing to die on by leptons on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @06:25PM (#37772642)
That's not my experience. If I'm working with new APIs, I have the docs up on one screen and the code on the other, and I've probably already copied and pasted the function and parameters into my code from the docs before autocomplete can get in my way. You do read the docs, don't you?
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Re:Strong typing, a hill I'm willing to die on by spankalee on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @08:00PM (#37773325)
Sometimes I read docs. Other times autocomplete (and hover-over docs) gives me exactly what I need right when and where I'm actually writing code.

Static typing makes it easier for my computer to get me the relevant docs.

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