static typing

Static typing: the good parts

tl;dr So far I’ve been hesitant to embrace static type checkers like TypeScript. It’s because I associated static type checking with the restrictions and interoperability issues that I know from Java and C++. However, it turns out that TypeScript is different: it uses a structural type system rather than a nominal one, which eliminates these downsides. It gives us a way to describe data types without sacrificing flexibility, interoperability, or scalability.
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