Gradual typing has emerged as a compelling approach to reconcile the strengths of static and dynamic type systems. By permitting programmers to incrementally annotate code, it enables early detection ...

Julien Verlaguet, a designer of the Facebook-driven language, talks about how Hack marries static typing with the benefits of fast PHP development The Hack language, which brings static typing to the ...

The latest State of JavaScript survey confirms findings from previous editions: Developers like and want static typing for the super-popular programming language. What's more, they're more likely to ...

Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand Hack, ...

The most-wanted features by Python developers are static typing and strict type hinting, closely followed by performance improvements, Python Software Foundation survey results reveal. Python ...