Is Python strongly typed?

Question

I\'ve come across links that say Python is a strongly typed language.

However, I thought in strongly typed languages you couldn\'t do this:

bob = 1
b         


        

Answer 1

TLDR;

Python typing is Dynamic so you can change a string variable to an int

x = 'somestring'
x = 50

Python typing is Strong so you can't merge types:

'foo' + 3 --> TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects

In weakly-typed Javascript this happens...

 'foo'+3 = 'foo3'

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Regarding Type Inference

Java forces you to explicitly declare your object types

int x = 50;

Kotlin uses inference to realize it's an int

x = 50

But because both languages use static types, x can't be changed from an int. Neither language would allow a dynamic change like

x = 50
x = 'now a string'