duck typing

style of dynamic, structural typing with lazy checking of objects' attributes
Thing typing_discipline Q374282
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duck typing

Summary

duck typing is a typing discipline[1]. It draws 632 Wikipedia views per month (typing_discipline category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • duck typing's instance of is recorded as typing discipline[3].
  • duck test is named after duck typing[4].
  • duck typing's subclass of is recorded as type system[5].
  • duck typing's subclass of is recorded as dynamic typing[6].
  • duck typing's subclass of is recorded as structural typing[7].
  • duck typing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028r8_[8].
  • duck typing's has characteristic is recorded as lazy evaluation[9].
  • duck typing's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'duck'}[10].
  • duck typing's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'løpende'}[11].
  • duck typing's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 22811154[12].

Why It Matters

duck typing draws 632 Wikipedia views per month (typing_discipline category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). duck typing. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/duck-typing
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_duck-typing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{duck typing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/duck-typing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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