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What is structural typing?

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Explain structural (duck) typing.

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TypeScript is structurally typed: compatibility is based on a type's shape, not its name. If an object has all the required members of a type, it's assignable to it — even without explicitly implementing it. This contrasts with nominal typing in languages like Java.

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