Python vs. VB

[Steven D. Majewski]

On Thu, 20 May 1999, Andrew M. Kuchling wrote:

> Fredrik Lundh writes:
> >> Use one language for both time intensive execution and for high speed
> >> development: Dylan.
> >
> >looks we've finally got our own scott raney ;-)
> 
> 	Oh, I don't know; I've been looking at Dylan these days, and
> it looks like quite a neat language, mixing dynamicism with optional
> static typing.  That's a divide that, as we all know, Python is
> thinking about spanning, and Dylan is an interesting solution.  That's
> a purely theoretical opinion, though, since I haven't yet found time
> to download an actual Dylan implementation and play with it.  (And the
> way my schedule is looking, I may never get around to that...)
> 

Yeah. Considering all of the recent discussions of how to change Python,
I don't think Jason was out of line bringing up Dylan. Now, if he 
starts answering every question the same, it could get real annoying, 
but ... 


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