Bools and explicitness [was Re: PyWart: The problem with "print"]

[Russ P.]

On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 1:59:01 AM UTC-7, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 05/06/2013 07:11, Russ P. wrote:
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> > But then, what would you expect of a language that allows you to write
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> > It's all loosey goosey -- which is fine for many applications but certainly not for critical ones.
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> I want to launch this rocket with an expensive satellite on top.  I know 
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> it's safe as the code is written in ADA.  Whoops :(


So Python would have been a better choice? Yeah, right. If you know anything about that rocket mishap, you should know that Ada was not the source of the problem. Ada won't keep airplane wings from breaking either, by the way. It's not magic.