[OT] fortran lib which provide python like data type

[Paul Rubin]

Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> writes:

> The guiding principle in C++ language development is to take static
> type safety to the extreme. 

Heh, try Ada.

> Stroustrup apparently has never had to deal with callbacks; his thick
> books never made a mention of them last time I checked.

C++ has function pointers just like C, but more idiomatically you'd pass
a class instance and the library would invoke some method on it.  There
is also Boost::Coroutine which can get rid of the need for callbacks in
some situations.

> Esthetically, I'm most impressed with Scheme. One day it might give
> Python a run for its money.

It's in a small and shrinking niche, unfortunately.