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0 pointscel1ne8y ago0 comments

> It is often very useful to structure different types of data together in a common structure.

"Very useful" often just means: coding a properly typed, easily-understandable solution takes longer than doing it untyped.

I argue that is the case only when using a plain-text editor. When you have a good IDE for a typed-language at hand that can refactor, complete, analyed and follow code on the press of a button, you lose this "advantage" of untyped languages.

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didibus8y ago

How do you define expressiveness? To me, it means saying more with less. Applied to code it means doing more with less work. Which directly translates to productivity gains.

Now, what IDE and language are you referring too? The best one I've used was VisualStudio for C#. While I'd say typing wasn't adding too much overhead in it, its type system is also poor, and it's arguable that it may not really prevent much bugs. Now, it does help make C# faster.

cel1neOP8y ago

IDEA with Kotlin or Java is fantastic.

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