[0x445442]

Weak/Dynamic vs. Strong/Static typing.

I used to complain about the latter then I grew up.

[austin-cheney]

I am a convert as well. I wouldn’t say that I gave or grew up but that I was arguing from ignorance. On a group project someone proposed trying TypeScript and I jumped in and completely fell in love.

My only arguments against were slower development due to an imposed build/compile step and that error reports would not reflect the source code.

[0x445442]

Keyboard typing speed and compile times aren't really the bottle neck for the overwhelming majority of software engineers. For them these times are dwarfed by the time it takes Service Now access tickets to get fulfilled.

[chistev]

What were your reasons then for complaining

[0x445442]

Oh, the typical ones, like all this type checking is stifling and slowing me down.