[cmollis]

Dynamic typing is simply sugar. It's a bit misleading (particularly for newer developers) that you don't have to think about types just because you don't have to declare them. Automatic coercion, etc, is really only useful if you're a more experienced developer because for the most part, you keep the type information in your head.

That said, python is the most productive language I've used so far but type management is really just one part of that.