Novel Thoughts on Scripting and Languages

[James Huang]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote in message news:<_aidncfu-8LtqIGjXTWc3A at comcast.com>...
> "James Huang" <judoscript at hotmail.com> wrote in message > I've heard
> big software projects done in Python, guess that's what you
> > are referring to. Being a C/C++/Java guy, it is hard for me to
>  imagine
> > creating big software with weakly-typed languages beyond
> prototyping.
> 
> If you are refering to Python as 'weakly-typed', you are mistaken.
> Except for some class instances, Python objects have fixed types.  No
> 'casting' allowed.  Even the exceptions are limited.  If you try to
> understand Python from a C/C++ mindset (which is where I also came
> from), you will fail.
> 
> TJR

That's exactly what I was trying to find out in a hurry. Thanks for
clarifying. I wish I could take back my ignorance.

-James