Typing system vs. Java

[Michael Abbott]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at home.com> wrote in 
news:4pA97.55816$EP6.12753948 at news1.rdc2.pa.home.com:

> 
> "Michael Abbott" <michael at rcp.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Xns90EF9A33C3022michaelrcpcouk at 194.238.50.13...
>>  Perhaps I'm old fasioned, and too concerned about  efficiency.
> 
> You are not the only one :-)  Practice worrying less.

Ha! ;/


> 
>>  I know that processor speeds have increased by a factor of 1,000 or
>>  so in the last couple of decades or so, but it gives me the creeps to
>>  see just how much code is executed to implement such simple
>>  expressions as 1+2 or f(x). 
> 
> When I first realize that side effect of the neat concept
> "Everything's a PyObject" I was shocked.  Fortunately, I was too well
> hooked otherwise to turn back.  I still occasionally remind myself
> that even at Python speeds, a billion additions are much cheaper than
> a few decades ago.

Oh, I most definitely agree that Python is a big step forwards.  I'm just 
looking for two more things: I'd like some of that processing power back, 
please; and I'd love more early static checking.