It really feels like we’re solving the wrong problem sometimes. If a bad type can crash your application, sure, type safety is one answer but I have to admit I like the erlang approach; if something unexpected happens crash the process (not os process, erlang process) which has a very small blast radius on a well architected system (maybe doesn’t even fail the individual request that caused it). I wish more languages had this let it crash philosophy, it really allows for writing code exclusively for the happy path, safe in the knowledge that a -1 where a “string” should be isn’t going to take down production.
Somehow, it feels like a better solution than these complicated type systems. Does any other language do this outside BEAM?
Somehow, it feels like a better solution than these complicated type systems. Does any other language do this outside BEAM?