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> Having types specified statically is a recipe for generating untold many different versions of the same thing, plus untold bits of glue between them Polymorp
by tome 9y ago
> Having types specified statically is a recipe for generating untold many different versions of the same thing, plus untold bits of glue between them
Polymorphism is for addressing exactly that objection.
- jbednar 9y agoAnd Python's duck typing is for addressing the needless constraints that statically typed polymorphism introduces. Discussions like this can go on forever! :-)