Type Systems

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## TL;DR

Type systems assign types to program constructs, catching errors at compile time. Static typing (C, Java, Rust): types checked before execution. Dynamic typing (Python, JavaScript): types checked at runtime. Type systems prevent entire classes of bugs: null dereferences, type mismatches, memory safety violations.

## Core Explanation

Type safety: well-typed programs don't go wrong (no runtime type errors). Strong vs. weak: strong (Python, Rust — no implicit coercion) vs. weak (C, JavaScript — implicit conversions). Nominal typing (Java: types defined by name) vs. structural typing (TypeScript: types defined by shape). Hindley-Milner (ML/Haskell) infers types without annotations.

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