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Re:Why Today's Python Developers Are Embracing Type Hints by raincole on Sunday September 28, 2025 @02:39AM (#45402222)
> It was an illusion. We didn't like it more because of the lack of typing. These languages were embraced because they weren't C or C++.

It's an illusion only you once had. Java (a language that is not C or C++) got mainstream way before Python.

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Re:Why Today's Python Developers Are Embracing Type Hints by Too on Sunday September 28, 2025 @03:00AM (#45402314)
Java on the other hand had the most verbose syntax known to man, especially those early versions of it. Nowadays it’s getting more tolerable.
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Re:Why Today's Python Developers Are Embracing Type Hints by afiori on Sunday September 28, 2025 @04:52AM (#45402815)
I don't understand, the parent says that not being C/C++ was a strong point and you give an counter example of a successful language that is not C/C++
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