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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by purple_ducks on Monday February 11, 2019 @04:49AM (#19133195)
You mean static-typing.

Both Java & Python are strongly typed..

e.g. in python, <3 + "2"> gives <TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'>

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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by cies on Monday February 11, 2019 @05:25AM (#19133351)
Strong typing is static, but usually entails more strictness (e.g. not allowing implicit nulls) and more features at typelevel (e.g. sum types, higher level types).
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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by lauritzsh on Monday February 11, 2019 @11:26AM (#19135599)
This really depends on definitions of strong and weak and this might be another point but C could be considered a static and weak language. Not sure of any other language like this.
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