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Re:Why I want Swift to be your first language by AstralStorm on Saturday August 29, 2015 @11:08AM (#10140220)
Nullability is an interface, not a data type. Python objects can always be None, as per duck typing.

Python has a strong dynamic typing system, with metatypes, type rewriting and so on. You couldn't be more wrong. What it is missing is an easy way to declare interfaces - the idea is to use duck typing and handling exceptions when something goes wrong.

Re:Why I want Swift to be your first language by spion on Saturday August 29, 2015 @10:54PM (#10142115)
If its None, it neither looks, acts nor quacks like a duck.