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Why is Java a dynamic language? Isn't Java statically typed?

• supster 11y ago
  Static vs dynamic is actually kind of a blurry line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_and_weak_typing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_and_weak_typing
• alfanick 11y ago
  you can do metaprogramming - invent new methods or class on the run
• ludamad 11y ago
  Dynamically typed languages essentially have something like Java's Object type as the type of everything. Using wide types like that and interfaces in Java, you easily have dynamic traits in your code.
• mike_hearn 11y ago
  The dynamic its of Java are not its type system, they're things like late dynamic linking.