Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint

Tomasz Zielonka t.zielonka at students.mimuw.edu.pl
Sun Oct 19 18:37:46 EDT 2003


Kenny Tilton wrote:
> 
> Lisp consistently errs on the side of more expressive power. The idea of 
> putting on a strait jacket while coding to protect us from ourselves 
> just seems batty. Similarly, a recent ex-C++ journal editor recently 
> wrote that test-driven development now gives him the code QA peace of 
> mind he once sought from strong static typing.

C++ is not the best example of strong static typing. It is a language
full of traps, which can't be detected by its type system.

> An admitted former static typing bigot, he finished by wondering
> aloud, "Will we all be coding in Python ten years from now?"
> 
> kenny

Best regards,
Tom

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