Thoughts on best static typed language for web development?

2 points by ak_111 1y ago ↗ HN

I was surprised to see Java (including spring framework) and C# becoming popular choices outside enterprise and am wondering what the yc hivemind current thinking on pros of cons of strong typing in the backend.

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pancsta 1y ago ↗

Go is a nobrainer for the listed competition. TS has rich types, but a poor runtime. Theres pretty much no cons to static typing unless youre scripting or your language lacks inference / has types as an option only.