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0 pointsFiveDegrees8y ago0 comments

They emphatically do not. Ignoring types doesn't give you a type system "for free"; much the same way that building a shelf doesn't make you a librarian.

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icebraining8y ago

Dynamically typed systems don't "ignore types", they just handle them at runtime.

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0 pointsFiveDegrees8y ago0 comments

They emphatically do not. Ignoring types doesn't give you a type system "for free"; much the same way that building a shelf doesn't make you a librarian.

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icebraining8y ago

Dynamically typed systems don't "ignore types", they just handle them at runtime.

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