Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Fri Jul 6 21:38:37 EDT 2018


Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> writes:

> Somebody gave a quote about dynamic typing, along the lines of
>
> "Just because a language allows a lot of dynamic features, doesn't mean 
> people's code uses a lot of dynamism."

You did refer us to <URL:http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1519> on
this forum. That contains a quote attributed to John Aycock with the
meaning you paraphrase above.

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Ben Finney




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