Your periodic reminder that we have very little empirical evidence for many of our programming beliefs http://games.greggman.com/game/dynamic-typing-static-typing/ …
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And it'd be difficult to study what I'm really interested in-- long term maintenance of a large app by a team with a variety of experience.
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@Carols10cents I feel like the worst conclusion one could draw is “static typing gives a psychological boost”, and is that *really* so bad? - 2 more replies
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@Carols10cents Yes, you can make nearly any type system look good by comparing it with Java, but... -
@Carols10cents Much of the benefit or pain of a type system comes from your design approach, so simply claiming good/bad is a bit tedious. - 1 more reply
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@Carols10cents There's also the amount of extra tests you have to write. -
@ManishEarth@Carols10cents PL research in academia is also pretty much completely devoid of decent empirical verification.
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