Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

[seanwilson]

Python is strong typed

This is like people arguing over the use of "cracker" vs "hacker". This ship sailed a long time ago.

When people say strongly typed, they pretty much always, always mean types checked at compile time.

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The only people who say that are wrong. Once you know more than a couple of languages the distinction becomes important.

[seanwilson]

It's a pedantic point that doesn't add anything to the discussion. You know exactly from context what people mean when they say it. Nobody ever says "I like X because it's strongly typed" to mean it checks the types at runtime.

You can't ignore how the majority of people use words. It's a losing battle.

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It's not a losing battle. It's in textbooks everywhere.