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Re:Jank Programming Language by drob518 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @10:13PM (#44516560)
I don’t think Rich was criticizing static types as much as saying that they aren’t giving you as much benefit as you think they are and that they complicate program evolution over time.
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Re:Jank Programming Language by alternatex on Thursday July 10, 2025 @02:40AM (#44518004)
Still quite the hot take.
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Re:Jank Programming Language by drob518 on Thursday July 10, 2025 @06:34AM (#44519422)
Indeed.
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Re:Jank Programming Language by lenkite on Thursday July 10, 2025 @04:10AM (#44518552)
They might not give much execution benefit and they may indeed complicate program evolution, but they DO aid readability, document-ability and refactoring!
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Re:Jank Programming Language by ljm on Thursday July 10, 2025 @06:33AM (#44519412)
I don't think static types (or lack thereof) complicate (or simplify) program evolution over time, bad architecture does.
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