Let me add that I am perfectly happy with the system given the type and size of applications I do write and maintain.
And having flow is #1 criteria for enjoying my work. Phil On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Stephan Eggermont <step...@stack.nl> wrote: > On 09/05/17 16:17, Eric Velten de Melo wrote: > >> I think he forgets to mention Haskell, which is probably the reason >> behind the shift of Swift towards optional values (Option type in Scala, >> Maybe type in Haskell). You can't talk about modern type system without >> talking about Haskell, Monads and Algebraic Data Types (Maybe is a monad). >> > > I don't know. I do know that I can't use something with the ridiculous > compile times of Haskell or Swift. That just kills flow and productivity. > > Stephan > > > > >
