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Re:Myths of Enterprise Python on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @02:09PM (#9264778)
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JS and PHP are the prototypical examples of weak typing.

Re:Myths of Enterprise Python on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @03:48PM (#8731598)
What do you feel is dishonest about it?
Re:Myths of Enterprise Python on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @03:44PM (#8731575)
Tragically, yes. I've been in meetings where each of these is brought up as a concern of using Python over a more traditional language like C++ or Java.

This is kind of like debating with creationists -- yes, it is absurd and dumb that the discussion even needs to be had, but they must be challenged.