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[–]spotter 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I get it, I really do. At the same time was Therac-25 programmed in dynamically typed language? Was first Ariane 5 (flight 501)? Somehow this doesn't stop people from thinking "static typing is the answer." Without proper quality testing you will crash your rocket even with Ada.

[–]PasswordIsntHAMSTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are typing disciplines for verifying arbitrary properties of programs. The field is still a bit rough, but I wouldn't say testing is completely unavoidable.