large class hierarchies in python

[Roy Smith]

amuys at shortech.com.au (Andrae Muys) wrote:
> So if you already know Obj-C, C++, Java, Smalltalk, and Python, I
> would suggest it's probably time to experiment with something that
> isn't imperitive-OO.  Prolog, Haskell, Miranda, Forth, Postscript,

Postscript is a wonderful language, and one which anybody who considers 
themselves a well-rounded programmer should learn.  It's something that 
most people come into contact with on a daily basis, without ever being 
aware that it's a real programming language.

The stack-oriented nature of the language should feel familiar to anybody 
who's used an RPN calculator (and anybody who hasn't will get exposed to 
something worth being exposed to).  The way functions are defined (push a 
procedure body onto the stack then bind that to a name) is very similar to 
way functions are defined in python (or, for that matter, lisp).  All in 
all, it's a cool little language, and definately worth learning if your 
goal is to explore the range of programming languages.