Typing system vs. Java

Hamish Lawson hamish_lawson at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Jul 30 16:07:24 EDT 2001


Tim Hammerquist wrote:

> > Python is dynamically typed, and NOT like Perl!
> 
> Could someone elaborate on this a bit more?  What is the difference
> here?  What makes Perl's typing _not_ dynamic?  I've heard this
> statement often in clpy, but do not understand the semantics of the
> argument.

I think what was meant was:

   Python is dynamically BUT strongly typed, and NOT weakly typed like Perl!


Hamish Lawson



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