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Re:Python 3 Types in the Wild: A Tale of Two Type Systems [pdf] by dehrmann on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:43PM (#26815985)
I can't seem to find the exact quote, but

> Dynamically typed languages are actually statically typed with precisely one type: hash table.

Re:Python 3 Types in the Wild: A Tale of Two Type Systems [pdf] by Spivak on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:36AM (#26821038)
This doesn't describe Python at all though. In Python objects have some data structure (usually a dict but not necessarily with __slots__) that hold the object's attributes but that's not the whole identity of the object.

Because by this definition makes C++ and Java look dynamic with vtables.

Re:Python 3 Types in the Wild: A Tale of Two Type Systems [pdf] by dehrmann on Thursday April 15, 2021 @12:40PM (#26822806)
True; it's a better description of Javascript.