[Python-ideas] Make max() stable

[Greg Ewing]

Andrew Barnert wrote:
> And the advantage is that all that static typing makes sure that you get
verrors at compile time instead of run time if you make any mistakes—or often
> even if you don't.

Also, if you do it right, the whole computation is
performed at compile time, so you don't even have to
run the program. This makes it very easy to deploy
in a cross-platform manner on minimally-specced
hardware.

-- 
Greg