This reflects my experience working with Ruby over the years as well. I find it a perfectly pleasant language, but as with many other scripting languages, things get difficult as a project increases in size, complexity, and number of contributors.
Types are a great way to remove certain classes of issues. It's my hope that newer versions of Ruby really push gradual typing features I've been hearing about forward into common use. The productivity gains of preventing all silly Nil and type errors will be enormous.
Types are a great way to remove certain classes of issues. It's my hope that newer versions of Ruby really push gradual typing features I've been hearing about forward into common use. The productivity gains of preventing all silly Nil and type errors will be enormous.