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RBS, Ruby’s new type signature language

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511 points mootrichard | 1 comments | 29 Jul 20 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.31s | source
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hirundo ◴[29 Jul 20 19:42 UTC] No.23990772[source]▶
Anyone know, or have a guess, what RBS stands for? I'm not finding it in the article or library.
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allknowingfrog ◴[29 Jul 20 19:54 UTC] No.23990884[source]▶
I'm seeing the type annotations being referred to as "signatures" in a couple of places. (R)u(B)y (S)ignatures seems like a reasonable guess.
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1. baweaver ◴[29 Jul 20 20:24 UTC] No.23991174[source]▶
That would be correct.