The merits of Static Paradigms versus Duck Typing

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Having recently returned to dynamically-typed languages, I've found myself stumbling a little without the safety net of type-checking. Yet, I'm not convinced on the principles of duck-typing either. What is Duck-Typing anyway? Python is an example of a strongly, dynamically typed language. Type constraints are not checked at compile time; however, poorly-defined operations (e.g. conversions) are…

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