On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:18:41 +0200 Jacob Carlborg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2012-09-04 15:59, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > > > > This, of course, all comes from two guys who really like static > > typing :) We *may* have a biased view. > I like to think it's the other way around: I like static typing *because* it's better ;) > I can tell you this, I've wished many times that I had static typing > in Ruby. I've also wished quite many times I had dynamic typing in D. > I think optional static typing, like Dart, sounds like a good idea. > I don't know if maybe my experience is different from usual, but personally, I haven't *ever* wished I had dynamic typing in D. Templates and (on rare occasion) variants have always been perfectly sufficient (and even preferable) in any cases I've ever had.
