Could Python supplant Java?

[Greg Ewing]

FISH wrote:

> But why remove one layer of the testing - that is to say a 
> compiler's ability to check you are putting the right data
> in the right places?


Because doing so removes a lot of burden on the programmer
to keep all the static type information up to date. Experience
shows that the time and effort saved can more than make up
for the small amount of extra debugging effort required
at the other end.

Like many things in life, it's a trade-off.

-- 
Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg