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Explicit Static Types are not for the Compiler, but for the Developer - Duh
9 Comments Published November 5th, 2007 in Beautiful Java, Dynamic, Ruby, Type Inference, TypesLots and lots of people lament the explicit type system in Java, either they are dynamic ducks or inference intellectuals. Taken from the Boo manifesto:
“Nothing more tiresome than writing the same type name over and over just to make the compiler happy. I’m not talking against static typing in general (boo is statically typed), […]
