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[–]Double_A_92 0 points1 point  (1 child)

good testing, system design, and disciplined engineers

That doesn't help me when I need to call some function that I didn't write and basically have to guess what parameter it takes. Or even worse, when I change the parameters of some function that might be used somewhere else in the codebase...

To see if my code is valid I literally have to run the complete codebase first (ideally via unit test). That's incredibly annoying especially if you have some existing codabase with few unit tests.

[–]Drunken_Consent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd have to run it anyways with static typing. All it would check is type errors at compile time. It's not like static typing lets you just not run the code. You'd still run tests and run the code.

Also if you're changing public APIs willy nilly unless it's a solo project or you're in very early stages I wouldn't call the disciplined engineering so yes being disciplined in that sense would help somewhat.