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Re:Anders Hejlsberg Is Right: You Cannot Maintain Large Prog... by reycharles on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @05:16AM (#4067986)
> Yes, crash at runtime. That's no good in a production environments My point is that it's a lot better than trying to continue in an inconsistent state.

I'm not saying dynamic typed languages are better than static typed languages. Right now I use coq. I write programs and their correctness proofs so I definitely get why you would want some static guarantees.

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Re:Anders Hejlsberg Is Right: You Cannot Maintain Large Prog... by mickeyp on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @05:20AM (#4068000)
Oh, I know you weren't. It wasn't a criticism of your observation at all, but one of those "sigh, why can't I have my cake and eat it" moments :)
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