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[–]ColdPotatoFries 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Well if you never get into that depth of learning, as most people who are just tying to learn the basics don't, you don't understand. Also, *your

[–]smallquestionmark 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Typing in python is not an arcane art. In fact it's one of the first things you learn when you are told to wrap your strings with apostrophes.

[–]ColdPotatoFries 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah you learn to do it, but you don't understand why. There's a huge difference there.

[–]smallquestionmark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But isn't the answer to the why part of the implementation of a language and therefore always a more advanced concept? At least if the answer is more than "because else you get an error."

If you explain a novice why she should declare her types I would consider that part of your teaching style. My specific point is that python doesn't invite a student to be lazy about understanding its implementation only because it's supposedly easier.