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Python is dynamically but strongly typed.

We say Python is dynamically typed because we pass around references and don't check the type until the last possible minute.

We say it is strongly typed because objects don't change type. Variable names are not objects but references to objects.

Python has a feature of dynamic languages, that of "duck typing". The idea is that it doesn't actually matter what type my data is - just whether or not I can do what I want with it. So if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck.

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	Content Last Modified on November 23, 2005, at 06:02 PM CST General Observations about the Language Python is dynamically but strongly typed. We say Python is dynamically typed because we pass around references and don't check the type until the last possible minute. We say it is strongly typed because objects don't change type. Variable names are not objects but references to objects. Python has a feature of dynamic languages, that of "duck typing". The idea is that it doesn't actually matter what type my data is - just whether or not I can do what I want with it. So if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck.
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