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by EugeneOZ 3323 days ago
Dynamic languages can convert types in runtime (so 1 + "f" = "1f") and not so many languages (not only dynamic) cares about mutability.
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dragonwriter 3323 days ago
Supporting an addition operator that accepts mixed type operands has no relationship to being dynamically typed.
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saghm 3321 days ago
From quick check, it looks like Java can do this coercion, and it's not dynamically typed.
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poooogles 3323 days ago
This is weak typing not dynamic typing.

1 + f in modern Python results in a ValueError.

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