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Why Static Typing Came Back [YouTube] (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by EmDash@beehaw.org to c/programming@beehaw.org

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An interesting take on why dynamically typed languages became so popular and why staticly typed languages are making a comeback.

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[–] ManyShapes@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Regarding the question of any dynamically typed language having enterprise support, Id argue lisp (of the common variety) was supported by developed by and inovated by corporate folks, and is dynamically typed. Symbolics, Xerox, etc. Dynamic typing has been around for a long while.

[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I do not think Lisp was ever an enterprise language. Might have been used in R&D, and sure it is in a few products. CAD software sometimes uses Lisp as the extension language. That does not make it an enterprise language, though I guess it depends on definition.