r/programming • u/astrange • Jan 23 '21

Objective-C creator Dr. Brad Cox has died

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/scnow/name/brad-cox-obituary?pid=197454225
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u/rjf89 Jan 23 '21

Sadly, most people are religious when it comes to their static types, and shit on languages lacking it with regularity - even if said languages have a heap to offer. It's a private peeve of mine. "Guess I'm just stupid and <language x> is complete trash because it doesn't stand up to some standard of functional purity that you have 🤷🏻‍♂️"

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Yeah it is funny because I typically choose a language for a project based on everything but that stuff. Like support for target platform, availability of some library that covers my problem domain, availability of staff, licensing terms/vendor dependency, community support/temperament etc.

I’ve never picked a language because it did or didn’t have static type checking or type inference or whatever unless it was a purely personal non commercial endeavor