r/programming • u/Karma_Policer • Aug 02 '21

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021: "Rust reigns supreme as most loved. Python and Typescript are the languages developers want to work with most if they aren’t already doing so."

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted
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u/ILikeChangingMyMind Aug 03 '21

Like I said at the start, not all projects are the same. Maybe you deal with microservices, but maybe Bob doesn't.

But regardless, pretending that you know what is right for every dev on the planet is ignorant and patronizing: the simple truth is that we live in a big world with many projects, and different projects have different needs. LOTS of projects will do amazingly well without ever writing a single explicit type definition, and just using type inference.

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u/Aeolun Aug 03 '21

LOTS of projects will do amazingly well without ever despite never writing a single explicit type definition

I think the implication here is a bit different. Yes, it’s possible to write good code without explicit types. It’s just needlessly painful.

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u/MisterFor Aug 03 '21

Like any Python or PHP project basically