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		sebastianconcpt on Nov 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Launches Flow, Static Type Checker for Ja... Can someone explain in simple words what is the problem that this would fix? I've never felt the need for this, why should I care?

DougBTX on Nov 19, 2014 [–]

It makes it easier to catch some types of bugs without having to run the code.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system#Static_type-checkin...

sebastianconcpt on Nov 19, 2014 | [–]

Thanks, I guess for those who separates runtime from devtime it might be a problem

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