Does Python really follow its philosophy of "Readability counts"?

[Paul Rubin]

Luis Zarrabeitia <kyrie at uh.cu> writes:
> Wait, do you _really_ believe that _static_ checks could prevent problems
> arising from _unexpected_ conditions in the _data_?

The data does not arrive from outer space on a magtape stapled to a
meteor.  It comes out of another program.  Most of the problems in
processing it come from mismatches between the processing programs and
the generation programs.  Static checks would help eliminate those
mismatches.