> I honestly wouldn't want to have to write this stuff in Python for a simple reason: I don't think I could live without static typing, which is a fantastic tool when you need to manage a large code base written by multiple people over multiple years. I can make a change in some package, do a dry-run compile of every system that uses it, and then see what needs updating. It gives me certain guarantees about data integrity right at compile time, which is super helpful when you're doing data conversion.
Programming in the large without type safety is a fool’s errand.
> But hey, different jobs, different tools.
Exactly. There’s a reason your kitchen drawer isn’t full of just sporks.
Programming in the large without type safety is a fool’s errand.
> But hey, different jobs, different tools.
Exactly. There’s a reason your kitchen drawer isn’t full of just sporks.