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Re:Do We Create Type Systems In Dynamic Languages? by jauco on Monday April 06, 2009 @03:14PM (#549394)
Maybe. I tend to put it the other way around. Why would you need static typing if you're going to write unittests anyway.
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Re:Do We Create Type Systems In Dynamic Languages? by ankhmoop on Monday April 06, 2009 @03:51PM (#549483)
A well-designed type system reduces the number of tests needed by allowing the programmer to enforce correctness through the type system itself.
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