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!!!Dynamic Typing |
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This is the opposite to StaticallyTyped, where type checks are done at runtime. For instance [Python] is an example of a dynamically typed language, it allows you to pass any type to a function, however some internal functions can only take specific types. |
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def mul(a,b): |
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return a*b |
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>>> print mul(2,3) |
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''6'' |
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>>> print mul("*",3) |
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''***'' |
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>>> print mul("*","*") |
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''Traceback (most recent call last):'' |
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'' File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?'' |
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''!TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'str' and 'str' '' |
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[Scheme], [Perl], [Python], SmallTalk, bash(1) are all Dynamically Typed languages, it's quite common for scripting languages to be dynamically typed. |
