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Semi-pedantic point -- Python is not untyped. In fact, it's strongly typed. It's not statically typed, but rather dynamically typed.

• ninetyninenine 2y ago
  Is it? Then why can’t parameters be checked by default when called in a function? Anything passes through with zero runtime checks. Any type checks you need to implement it yourself.
  • neverartful 2y ago
    Because Python isn't a statically typed language. Many will argue that this is a huge benefit of Python since you don't have to declare types. There are newer developments like mypy that allows you to add types as annotations, but the data types that you declare with the annotation is not enforced.
    • ninetyninenine 2y ago
      Right and I asked you a question and it wasn’t answered. If it’s dynamically typed how come I don’t get type checking at runtime for functions I defined?
      • neverartful 2y ago
        Because Python doesn't place any restrictions on the data types of function parameters.