stackyFACTSInstead of rigidly defining what type of data a variable is supposed to hold, duck typing takes a violently laid-back approach. If a piece of code walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, the system blindly trusts it as a duck, ignoring all formalities until it inevitably explodes at runtime.
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