[Python-Dev] Re: Dynamic nested scopes

[Eric S. Raymond]

Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>:
> There are few languages that use dynamic scoping for normal name
> resolution.  Many early Lisp implementations did, but I think all the
> modern ones use lexical scoping instead.  It is hard to write modular
> code using dynamic scope, because the behavior of a function with free
> variables can not be determined by the module that defines it.

Correct.  Based on my LISP experience, I would be strongly opposed to
dymamic scoping.  That path has been tried and found wanting.
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