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They do exist - things like nim [1] for example. The sad fact is that the reason people are not using them is not because they don't exist. It's because the lowest common demoninator of programmer out there prefers dynamically typed Python because the short term is generally more highly valued than longer term or even medium term (6 months+) in the vast majority of programming contexts.

[1] https://nim-lang.org/




I do like Nim, it has a lot to offer and I hope it will gain traction. But honestly when you want to get things done, it's all about the ecosystem, the libraries, third-party help, etc. All things where Python shines. Python 1.0 was in 1994, Nim 1.0 came in 2019... it needs time.




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