Apologies for the "flexible" usage of the words "strongly typed". Arguably (as someone already pointed out) Python can be considered strongly typed (i.e. doing 1 + "1" won't cast the first operand to string, unlike e.g. JS) although there doesn't seem to be a clear definition of what strongly and weakly typed means (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_and_weak_typing). So let's stick with "statically" typed, which in the case of Python would mean using something like mypy.

Here are some references (there might be some overlap):

- https://labs.ig.com/static-typing-promise

- https://danluu.com/empirical-pl/

- https://vimeo.com/9270320

- https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-shocking-secret-abou...

- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259634489_An_empiri... (one of the original studies)

I hope it's clear I'm not implying that there are no advantages in using a statically typed language, only that it's often seen as a solution to a problem that doesn't originate there.

PS: what is up with the downvotes? What is this, Reddit?