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0 pointsGordonS7y ago0 comments

I guess you're not a regular HN reader? :) Many HN commentors routinely think that they are "the programming world", which is rather far from the truth.

For years, dynamic typing has been hyped on HN, while statically typed languages such as C# were routinely scoffed at.

Something in the air has definitely changed recently, with many discovering the very trait they eschewed is actually a major boon - very likely because they had only ever dealt with JavaScript. My guess is this is primarily driven by the growing popularity of TypeScript, Rust and Go.

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ludwigvan7y ago

> Something in the air has definitely changed recently

- Type inference becoming commonplace is an important factor. Previously it felt kind of silly in statically typed langs to supply some of the things compiler could figure out.

- Strict null checking becoming commonplace increased confidence. Previously, even if your code compiled, you would still get null pointer exceptions.

- Type checking became kind of opt-in with langs like TypeScript.

- Statically typed langs used to be associated with heavy IDE's previously. Now you can use most editors and get the benefit of compiler within the editor through language servers.

GordonSOP7y ago

These are some great points I hadn't considered, thanks

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