Alan Kay and OO Programming

Re:Alan Kay and OO Programming by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @12:04PM (#19971469)

So forgive jompe for using the wrong term. The point, however, was clear. It wasn't "strong vs weak"; the point clearly was "compile time vs run time". And, well, Python is, from jompe's perspective, on the wrong side of the line, no matter how "strong" Python's type system is.

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Re:Alan Kay and OO Programming by dec0dedab0de on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @01:56PM (#19972755)

There is nothing to forgive, many people conflate dynamic typing with weak typing, so I thought I would point it out.

Whether or not a specific method of typing is good or bad depends on the project and the developer(s) working on it. But if you're going to use that as a reason to make decisions, then you should understand the difference.

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Re:Alan Kay and OO Programming by PunchTornado on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @01:36PM (#19972484)

since python 3.6 you can use static types in python if you want.

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