Python Front-end to GCC

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2013-10-22, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:04:57 +0000, Dave Angel wrote:
>> but here you go on to say the C code is unsafely skipping
>> initialization, which is not the case.
>
> Are you talking generically, or specifically about the C code
> referenced in the link I gave?
>
> "Memory is always zeroed" is one of the advantages of Go over C and C++, 
> at least according to Rob Pike:
>
> http://commandcenter.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/less-is-exponentially-
> more.html

Go initializes variables to defined zero values, not simply to
all-bits zero as (I think) C does.

This isn't as great a feature as it seems, since the zero value
for some built in types, e.g., map, is unusable without manual
construction. In addition, you can't define a zero value for your
own types.

-- 
Neil Cerutti