Are the critiques in "All the things I hate about Python" valid?

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Tue Feb 20 02:54:04 EST 2018


On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 02:35:37 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:

>  But C is a language saddled with so much history and backward
> compatibility constraints that there are some things you just CAN'T make
> into errors

Indeed. C is not even close to a safe language, hence the move to create 
(and more importantly, convince people to use!) systems languages like 
Rust and D which combine C's ability to generate fast code without 
(unnecessarily) compromising type safety.



-- 
Steve




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