[erlang-questions] Why is Erlang what it is?

[Dominic Williams]

Hi,

I'm going to be the devil's advocate here - I have a strong preference 
for dynamic typing, but I just want to make sure we get our arguments 
right...

Mats Cronqvist wrote:

>  but a few years ago i did a study on erlang-related bug reports in
>  our live product. the conclusion was that once we get to system test,
>  we find essentially no more type-related bugs.

This goes to show that with adequate testing, one can make reliable 
systems with dynamic typing.

It seems to me this reasoning, although, valuable, does not refute the 
argument that static typing might have /saved/ you a lot of testing effort.

Regards,

Dominic Williams
http://www.dominicwilliams.net

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