Why python???

[John J. Lee]

"Michael Peuser" <mpeuser at web.de> writes:

> "John J. Lee" <jjl at pobox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:87vfs6unsx.fsf at pobox.com...
[...]
> > > I know this argument well and have repeated it myself in the days of Pascal
> > > and  Algol68. Few have listened.....
> 
> > Well, they'd be right not to listen if you argued it about Pascal.
> > There's a real difference in productivity between Pascal and Python.
> > Pascal doesn't even have built-in garbage collection, for heaven's
> > sake, which places it much closer to C than to Python in this respect.
> 
> I said "in the time of Pascal and Algol 68". If you kindly would consult a
> calender you will find out that had been 35 years ago. Pascal had been
[...]

Oh, sorry, I thought the comparison you were making was between C and
(Algol or Pascal).  I guess C hadn't quite happened then...


John