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Static typing is security theater for programmers

Name: Anonymous 2014-06-25 16:01

http://blog.metaobject.com/2014/06/the-safyness-of-static-typing.html
Face it, Haskelitists: There are not a lot of bugs that can be caught by a type system. Such it up and use texting like the rest of us.

Name: Anonymous 2014-06-26 17:10

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Theorem A: Units Testing catches all errors Static Typing does.
Theorem B: Static Typing doesn't catch most of the errors Units Testing catches.
Theorem C: Static Typing gets in the way, when you want to quickly prototype code and/or doesn't care if there are typing errors.
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Corollary A: Static Typing is not a replacement for Unit Testing.
Corollary B: Units Testing is a replacement for Static Typing.
Corollary C: No reason bothering with Static Typing, when you have to do Unit Testing anyway.

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