You absolutely do not need a computer telling you what types you can put in a collection. Put an assert, write some unit tests, if you aren’t sure where data sources come from and can’t write a one-line comment.
Dynamic typing makes you fast, it’s empowering. Try it and quit being so scared.
I agree, strong typing is for weak minds. I work with a weak mind so I want strong typing.
There’s no difference in speed between typing disciplines. In point of fact, there cannot be. You must know the structure of your data to program against it. Whether you write it down explicitly or implicitly changes nothing but the location you wrote it down.
I’m not any faster in languages without static types. It’s the opposite, I’m fastest when I can write accurate type hints, since it makes the editor experience much better.
All my career. They can’t program, they have no valid opinion about programming, as long as we finish the user stories. Which is several times faster in a nice dynamic language than a bondage language.
Strong typing is for weak minds.
You absolutely do not need a computer telling you what types you can put in a collection. Put an assert, write some unit tests, if you aren’t sure where data sources come from and can’t write a one-line comment.
Dynamic typing makes you fast, it’s empowering. Try it and quit being so scared.
I agree, strong typing is for weak minds. I work with a weak mind so I want strong typing.
There’s no difference in speed between typing disciplines. In point of fact, there cannot be. You must know the structure of your data to program against it. Whether you write it down explicitly or implicitly changes nothing but the location you wrote it down.
Hate to be a pedantic nerd but seeing as the subject is coding
I think you mean static typing, not strong typing
How is dynamic typinf faster? Is typing
num = 1instead ofint num = 1really that much faster?Plus, most statically typed languages either do type inference by default or let you opt in somehow.
Even Java, which is probably the reason everyone hated static typing for the first decade of the century or so, now has
var.It’s not just the typing
It’s the fact that you can be extremely flexible with data structures and variables
E.g. you can have a list of strings and ints in Python but not java
This is why union types are great (also sum types are similar I think, never used those)
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I’m not any faster in languages without static types. It’s the opposite, I’m fastest when I can write accurate type hints, since it makes the editor experience much better.
Until you’re oboarded on a codebase that’s heavy on tech debt and that also doesn’t have proper documentation of the data being used.
Terrible projects are terrible because of the developers, not because of the language.
I find dynamic projects easier to refactor and fix, just write some tests and if it’s green bar before and after, you’re fine.
…did you ever work with business/product people?
All my career. They can’t program, they have no valid opinion about programming, as long as we finish the user stories. Which is several times faster in a nice dynamic language than a bondage language.