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Re:5% of 666 Python repos had comma typo bugs (inc V8, Tenso... by noogle on Friday January 07, 2022 @11:00PM (#29848505)
But a dynamic language needs all the tests a compiled language needs AND type/syntax tests (that are handled by the compiler in a static language).

There are reasons dynamic language (or specifically Python), but I haven't heard one explanation how it helps writing fewer tests.

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