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0 pointssimianwords5mo ago0 comments

Is it static or dynamic? Whatever rust is that python isn’t.

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lambdaone5mo ago· 2 in thread

Python type hints are static - at the moment, they are advisory only, but there is an obvious route forward to making Python an (optionally) fully statically typed language by using static type checking on programs before execution.

psunavy035mo ago

Didn't The Powers That Be™ say that was not going to happen?

_cairn5mo ago

I might be missing the point but isn’t this what we use mypy et al for today?

__MatrixMan__5mo ago

Rust is static. Python is optionally static.

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