I wondered how a strongly-typed language (#gleam) compared to #rstats for interacting with some websites and storing results. My comparison:
https://jcarroll.com.au/2024/09/05/side-by-side-comparison-gleam-vs-r/
I'm curious if anyone can point to places where the type safety really changes the development approach here.
Jonathan Carroll /
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2024-09-05 07:14:49
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