| > suddenly we are in the situation that every single bit of code out there is supposed to put memory safety as a chief concern I don't know why you are clumping together fanatics with the pragmatic folk who finally pioneered, in practice, the idea that memory safety is objectively valuable. Different groups. > Empirical evidence that static typing makes some real difference in terms of bugs or safety is inconclusive at best Literally 99.9999% of everything out there is inconclusive. You'll only extremely rarely find something that is objectively 100% true. So this is a disingenuous argument on your part, seemingly used to undermine something that you might not like. As such, it's an unfair discussion technique. I worked nearly 9 years with Java a lifetime ago. I could not ever see any actual evidence that OOP and global mutability have ever improved any project. See? This can go both ways. > This industry pretends to be driven by technical considerations, yet, with some exceptions, is mostly driven by fads, folk knowledge and aesthetic choices. Always has been, and it goes for almost all industries except those that are heavily regulated. |