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Re:Why Go? Use Racket by sampo on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @11:44AM (#6405930)
But not, I assume, type inference? So you'll end up writing the types in the code all the time.
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Re:Why Go? Use Racket by pmelendez on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @11:50AM (#6405966)
Yes... you can have type inference as well (if you wish[1][2]). I guess the philosophy is to use it if you need it but otherwise you might prefer to stick to the dynamic part.

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[1] http://docs.racket-lang.org/ts-guide/quick.html

[2] http://docs.racket-lang.org/ts-guide/more.html#(part._.Type_...

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