syntax difference

Dan Stromberg drsalists at gmail.com
Sun Jun 17 16:58:07 EDT 2018


On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 1:23 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:

> Jim Lee <jlee54 at gmail.com>:
> > IMHO, trying to shoehorn static type checking on top of a dynamically
> > typed language shows that the wrong language was chosen for the job.
>
> I'm also saddened by the type hinting initiative. When you try to be
> best for everybody, you end up being best for nobody. The niche Python
> has successfully occupied is huge. Why risk it all by trying to take the
> whole cake?


I actually really like Python's type hinting, which I've recently started
using.  I've now used it on 10 projects, and I imagine I'll be using it in
many more.

Don't like them?  I guess you don't have to use them.



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