Loops and stuff (was Re: Python and Boehm-Demers GC, I have code.)

[ovidiu at cup.hp.com]

On 22 Jul 1999 13:32:55 +0200, Markus Kohler <markusk at bidra241.bbn.hp.com> 
wrote:

> IMHO it's very close to Smalltalk, also Guido probably wouldn't agree with me ...
> And It has all essential OO features.  
> 
> 
> The features that make it very similiar to Smalltalk are :
> byte code interpreter, 
> all data are objects (is that really true ?), 
> crossplatform, 
> reflection api, 
> dynamically type checked, 

One problem though with Python is the fact that it does make a distinction
between types and classes. Another is the garbage collection scheme that's
using.

> In fact I cannot remember any successfull language that is closer to 
> Smalltalk than Python is. 

Objective-C. Is a dynamically typed language and is compiled.


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