Ask HN: How can I get informed in the static vs. dynamic typing debate?

Re:Ask HN: How can I get informed in the static vs. dynamic ... by smt88 on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:45AM (#50390713)

This debate ended a long time ago. Every language is moving toward stronger, static typing, especially JavaScript with TypeScript, but even Python.

I don’t know of any good arguments against strong, static typing. What do you think are some?

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Re:Ask HN: How can I get informed in the static vs. dynamic ... by vincent-uden on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:30AM (#50391059)

I feel similarly. At some point in the past, many static type systems were not expressive enough to handle some of the useful strategies available to dynamic type systems.

But nowadays, pretty much all static type systems employ some (or multiple) convenient methods of polymorphism

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