I used to hate python because of of the lack of static typing. I realized the reason I hated it because of that, was due to other people's bad code. One of the

I used to hate python because of of the lack of static typing. I realized the reason I hated it because of that, was due to other people's bad code. One of the nice things with compiled languages that are statically typed is that there's that nice check up front for types. I actually think you need to be a really good developer to properly use dynamically typed languages.