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packetlostyesterday at 3:54 PM1 replyview on HN

I think it's possible to write correct systems with dynamic languages, just not the ones we commonly use like Python and JavaScript. I find Clojure, for example to be one example of a dynamic language that is pretty easy to manage and I attribute that to the immutable nature and data-centric ethos. I'm sure there are other dynamic languages that would work as well.

Now, I wouldn't necessarily use Clojure on a huge multi-organization codebase (maybe it's fine, this is outside of my experience with it), but it can be the right tool for some jobs.


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brabelyesterday at 4:17 PM

Common Lisp as well. I can’t explain why, but type errors are just not something I struggle with in Common Lisp! But it is in JS and Python for sure. Maybe someone knows why it feels different?

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