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		jauco on April 6, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do We Create Type Systems In Dynamic Languages? Maybe. I tend to put it the other way around. Why would you need static typing if you're going to write unittests anyway.

ankhmoop on April 6, 2009 [–]

A well-designed type system reduces the number of tests needed by allowing the programmer to enforce correctness through the type system itself.

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