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Dynamic type systems are not inherently more open
Internet debates about typing disciplines continue to be plagued by a pervasive myth that dynamic type systems are inherently better at modeling “open world” domains. The argument usually goes like this: the goal of static typing is to pin everything down as much as possible, but in the real world, that just isn’t…
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- 275
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Programming LanguagesSoftware Engineering2020
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2020 | Dynamic type systems are not inherently more open by jose_zap | 382 | 275 |
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