> I think the difference is largely a culture problem. Most python devs think of typing as a “nice to have” extra, whereas someone using a typed-at-compile-time

> I think the difference is largely a culture problem. Most python devs think of typing as a “nice to have” extra, whereas someone using a typed-at-compile-time language see it as an essential feature of good code I love statically typed languages. I also love python. But pythons "type annotation" system is garbage. It is neither here, nor there and developers spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out types. While other languages typing is a productivity booster, pythons type annotation absolutely isn't, especially with complex types.