Putting types after the variable is a fad that dates from the 60s - Pascal, and ML after it. Usually the name of something is more important than the type. In

Putting types after the variable is a fad that dates from the 60s - Pascal, and ML after it. Usually the name of something is more important than the type. In dynamically typed languages, the name is all you get, and it's enough for a lot of programmers to be perfectly productive.