syntax difference

[Rick Johnson]

On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 4:12:10 AM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
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> People have been requesting static typing in Python virtually since Day 
> 1, 

"Day one"??? 

Really? 

"People"???

How many people?

Contrary to to your fuzzy memories, Steven, we all know that Guido _purposely_ designed this language to be _dynamic_. Python was never intended to be a statically typed language. Not then, and not ever!

Hmm? 

Now you're confusing your own "straw man nostalgia" with actual history. But hey, don't allow the facts get in the way of a good lie!