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

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Sat Jul 7 01:29:07 EDT 2018


On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 11:38:37 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:

> 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.

That's it! You're my hero!

I knew it wasn't *my* quote, I had forgotten that I linked to it.

Thanks.


-- 
Steven D'Aprano
"Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing
it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson




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