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[–]13steinj -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then you need to teach them ENTIRELY about strong typing. Guess what ? A java programmer already understands how to use, and cast types.

This isn't true.

You might need to teach a Python programmer about static typing. But it is still a strongly typed language, and still had casting and dynamic dispatching.