> Gradual/Optional typing is a great way to solve the split needs, but I was making the argument for why people might not want to use static typing in python ev

> Gradual/Optional typing is a great way to solve the split needs, but I was making the argument for why people might not want to use static typing in python even though it's available. Forgive me for asking, but did you made any point that provides any basis for refusing to use static typing? I mean, failing to meet an artificial and unmettable and largely subjective bar regarding academic purity of type system implementations is not a valid argument. The average pythonista does not care about convoluted type theories if all he does is pass a string or int to a function, and doesn't want his program to blow up if they pass by mistake an int instead of a string.