Comment by tgv

Saying a variable is of type pointer to any value instead of just any value doesn't make a difference for the semantics (except in some bad cases, like default parameter values).

> It's also pragmatic...

So it's almost like Javascript. That something is not a source of bugs, is not proof of strong typing. Python uses type information in some cases, that's it. E.g., it's trivial to load some record or file of the wrong type, and only find out much later. That's a real source of very unpleasant bugs.