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0 pointsubernostrum8y ago0 comments

there will be cases where the tool will have to show you more potential definitions for function definitions than would be shown for a statically typed language.

And even in a statically-typed language there will be cases where the tooling can only determine fairly generic things statically.

I don't see anyone advocating for abandoning static typing over that occasional limitation. Yet I do see people proposing similarly-infrequent issues as cause to abandon dynamic typing.

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jaggederest8y ago

When $problem happens to $language_I_prefer, it's an unavoidable difficulty that is easy to work around.

When $problem happens in $language_I_dislike, it's a clear sign that the language itself is inherently broken.

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