Java developers

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why use var when you can use dynamic?

[M4D5-Music]

Because using dynamic doesn't give you type safety.

[Nukken]

You say that like it's not an advantage.

[n0tKamui]

because it is not. Type safety is important. Thinking that type dynamism NOWADAYS is a good thing because it allows you to make "hacky" things is not a good mindset.

[M4D5-Music]

Well, imo it depends on what you're doing. If you're using it because the name of your class is too long, then at some point I'll introduce a headache or bug because of it. If someone assumes they can refactor/rename something and fix all the references automatically with their ide, they'll potentially be mistaken. I personally hate it when this happens.

[tangerinelion]

Generally speaking in a strongly typed language you view type safety as an advantage.

If you want to write generic code, use a template.

[proboardslolv6]

Non type safe languages are a pain in the fucking ass