PEP 3107 and stronger typing (note: probably a newbie question)

[Hendrik van Rooyen]

The trouble there, though, is that although COBOL was comprehensible (to
a degree) relatively few people have the rigor of thought necessary to
construct, or even understand, an algorithm of any kind.

This is true - and in my experience the competent people come in two classes -
those that are good at mathematics, and those that are good at languages.

If you find someone good at both, employ her.

- Hendrik