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Rusty thoughts on "Parse, don't validate"

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  1. victorpudeyev · · focus · HN ↗
    ...I'm so happy that I write in untyped languages so I don't have to deal with any of this.
    1. bigstrat2003 · · focus · HN ↗
      Everyone has to deal with this. The only question is whether you deal with it in the type system, through lots of checks at runtime, or buggy behavior when the user encounters cases you didn't envision.
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