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dynamically-typed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Belonging to a type system that checks the variable types at runtime.
    • Lua is a dynamically typed language. This means that variables do not have types; only values do. There are no type definitions in the language. All values carry their own type. All values in Lua are first-class values. This means that all values can be stored in variables, passed as arguments to other functions, and returned as results. 2013, Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Waldemar Celes, “Lua 5.2 Reference Manual”, in ControlByWeb, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024, page 1:
    • A dynamically typed language does not require the programmer to declare the type of data a variable holds before using it. Python is a dynamically typed language. 2022, Ronald T. Kneusel, Strange Code: Esoteric Languages That Make Programming Fun Again, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 54:

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Antonyms

statically-typed

Translations (6)

sv dynamiskt typat (Translations) · pt tipado dinamicamente (Translations) · pt dinamicamente tipado (Translations) · tr dinamik yazılan/yazılmış (Translations) · de dynamisch typisiert (Translations) · pl dynamicznie typowany (Translations)