Typed Python?

[François Pinard]

[Ville Vainio]
>     >> (No, I'm not implying that Lisp is not being used for real [as
>     >> in non-academic] work. It is, Scheme isn't).

>     Francois> I surely used Scheme for real contracts, [...]

> Really, when was this?

In my case, this was a few years ago, I never precisely remember dates.
I know other people who do Scheme works for a living in these days.  I
would feel a bit uncomfortable in their context, because this is all
too much commercial for my own desires, and am not so money-oriented to
fully dedicate myself in these projects that have no free aspects.

There is a kind of strange constant in what people tell me however.
Scheme seems to be often used "under the cover", in that people deliver
stand-alone solutions in which the real engine is not revealed, a bit
like if Scheme was not far from being an industrial secret. :-)

> Even back when I learned Scheme (in 1995), it was regarded as a
> language nobody really uses (and dropping it out of school curriculum
> was being considered already).

Hey! This is a world-wide conspiration, driven by those who understand
the competitive advantages they get by knowing and using Scheme! :-)

Nowadays, Python is my main weapon, but I surely not make it a secret!

-- 
François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard