> and if not, the data types were chosen wrongly That is kind of my point. When I use C++ in my day job, there are highly optimized libraries/classes which ma

> and if not, the data types were chosen wrongly That is kind of my point. When I use C++ in my day job, there are highly optimized libraries/classes which makes sense considering the amount of work that needs to be done. However, if I am just trying to do some quick data analysis and the data set is small, I just want to do some quick math on some basic data and not have to write code to convert between every single type under the sun. With dynamic types, I can quickly convert data between dictionaries, sets, lists and what not and run it extremely quickly. That is much quicker than trying to compile and run code to transform data into the results I am trying to create.