Python is best thought of as a dynamic but strongly typed language. Types aren’t associated with the names of things but with the things themselves. This makes Python flexible and convenient for ...

In my last two articles I've described some of the ways Mypy, a type checker for Python ... def bar(y: int) -> str: return f"In bar, {x} * {y} = {x*y}" return bar b = foo(10) print(b(2)) Sure enough, ...

When you combine Python's dynamic typing with its generally very compact syntax, you can succinctly and clearly express complex ideas and calculations in fewer lines of code than equivalent C-family ...