>>> [...] before you know it all "serious codebases" will be statically typed. > because they will lose readability and raise the bar for contribution from nov

>>> [...] before you know it all "serious codebases" will be statically typed. > because they will lose readability and raise the bar for contribution from novices OK, hold for a second. Adding something to make the code easier to follow will make code harder to follow? Is this really your argument? And why would a novice to a language want to contribute to "serious codebase"? I don't think Django, Jinja, or NumPy are popular for Python novices to contribute code.