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Re:Python's “Disappointing” Superpowers by Ferret7446 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:33PM (#34621695)
Your problem is C++/Java, not static typing. Static typing does not add many extra lines of code. In most cases, it adds no extra lines of code, as declaring variable/param types is done inline.

Heck, just look at static typing in Python.

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Re:Python's “Disappointing” Superpowers by ReflectedImage on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:24PM (#34631773)
So Generics, Traits, Abstract subclasses, etc... don't exist in static typing?

As soon as the types get complicated, the code bloat begins.

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Re:Python's “Disappointing” Superpowers by necovek on Saturday February 11, 2023 @04:43PM (#34756694)
Static typing is not only about declaring your arguments and variables as simple types (int, float, array of ints etc).

It means having a distinct type for any complex structure you pass around (think pre-normalization API params, post-normalization API params, slightly enriched post-processing data as separate type vs a dict of str to anything in Python), or anything you want to make compatible (think interfaces vs duck typing).

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