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by 0x445442 304 days ago
Oh, the typical ones, like all this type checking is stifling and slowing me down.
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If you’re checking and validating inputs into a method and you’re writing web applications where everything is text over HTTP, having type checking notations, etc. are a bit overkill.
If you use a staticly typed language it does all that for you automatically.
Don’t beat yourself up, we all had that phase!