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Re:Pike – a dynamic programming language with a syntax simil... by speed_spread on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @12:46PM (#43764074)
Groovy has that too and it's quite the anti-feature. Pretend static typing is worse than useless, it's the MAC-10 of footguns.
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Re:Pike – a dynamic programming language with a syntax simil... by ch4s3 on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @01:09PM (#43764265)
> it's the MAC-10 of footguns

At least it might be shooting Nulls.

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Re:Pike – a dynamic programming language with a syntax simil... by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @02:02PM (#43764730)
Sounds like Julia, too.

Also you'd think having the type signature would help with performance, but in some cases it can cause the VM to enforce a runtime type check where it wouldn't have before, imposing worse performance.

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