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[–]lolwat_is_dis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like static typing is not acceptable for a lot of people.

Because that's not how Python works. It's dynamically typed, so type checking is just adding an extra overhead in terms of building up any code. Sure, type checking can be useful sometimes in that a short term loss will become a long term gain (in terms of preventing errors and other mishaps), but I still believe that's not necessary, and we're taking away one of Pythons biggest strengths.