How programmers transition between languages

[rjframe]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:32:21 +0000, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:

> ... Anyway, with Python 3.6 you get fairly good
> type annotation capabilities which allows static type checking that  is
> closing on what you get with statically typed languages.  Maybe that is
> a factor too.

If you use an IDE or analysis/lint tool, you'll get type checking. The 
interpreter will happily ignore those annotations.

No complaints here:
```
somevar : int = 'my string'

def func() -> int:
    return 'some string'
func()
```