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21st May 2023 - Link Blog

Writing Python like it’s Rust (via) Fascinating article by Jakub Beránek describing in detail patterns for using type annotations in Python inspired by working in Rust. I learned new tricks about both languages from reading this.

Posted 21st May 2023 at 12:18 am

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