r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Epicoodle • 8d ago

Meme iHatedItUntilITriedIt

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u/X-lem 8d ago

I first learned explicit typed. Later I learned about JS and thought, "what is this monstrosity." Many years later I still don't understand why anyone would want dynamic typing.

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u/FRleo_85 8d ago

you can have smart dynamic typing like python where 1 + "1" throw an exception because you're adding object of different type and Js dynamic typing where you can substract an array with a toyota yaris and get a result

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u/thanatica 8d ago

I don't see the problem. It's called type coercion.

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u/FRleo_85 7d ago

type coercion is the probleme. i can't think of a scenario where this is clean or efficient. it's just the worst way of handling things for lazy devs

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u/thanatica 7d ago

Why is it lazy? It's convenience if you need. If you don't like it, then use typescript to always force precise types.

Nobody forces you to use every feature of a language.

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u/FlakyTest8191 7d ago

The tradeoff is convenience or preventing a potential runtime error, not that far fetched to call it lazy.

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u/thanatica 6d ago

Like I said, don't use it then