← Back to context Comment by simianwords 2 days ago Is it static or dynamic? Whatever rust is that python isn’t. 4 comments simianwords Reply __MatrixMan__ 2 days ago Rust is static. Python is optionally static. lambdaone 2 days ago Python type hints are static - at the moment, they are advisory only, but there is an obvious route forward to making Python an (optionally) fully statically typed language by using static type checking on programs before execution. psunavy03 2 days ago Didn't The Powers That Be™ say that was not going to happen? _cairn 2 days ago I might be missing the point but isn’t this what we use mypy et al for today?
lambdaone 2 days ago Python type hints are static - at the moment, they are advisory only, but there is an obvious route forward to making Python an (optionally) fully statically typed language by using static type checking on programs before execution. psunavy03 2 days ago Didn't The Powers That Be™ say that was not going to happen? _cairn 2 days ago I might be missing the point but isn’t this what we use mypy et al for today?
Rust is static. Python is optionally static.
Python type hints are static - at the moment, they are advisory only, but there is an obvious route forward to making Python an (optionally) fully statically typed language by using static type checking on programs before execution.
Didn't The Powers That Be™ say that was not going to happen?
I might be missing the point but isn’t this what we use mypy et al for today?