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But doesn't the fact that people are adding types to dynamic languages, and the fact that TypeScript is a very popular way to write Javascript, and, as you say, that people are moving from terrible static type systems (Java) to better ones (Rust) prove my point?


I think some people could (and will) argue that you haven't tested real dynamism until you've used Smalltalk or Common Lisp and that there could be a shift from Typescript/Rust to these. That's not my opinion, but it seems fair. There are often cycles like that, with each side getting better at each cycle.




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