Python-like compiled language

[Steven D. Majewski]

> Alexander Lawhead wrote:
> > 
> > This may seem like an odd question, but what is the most Python-like
> > compiled language?


On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Curtis Jensen wrote:

> The closest compiled languege to Python is probaby C/C++. 

I would say objective-c is a closer semantic fit to Python than C++. 

Syntactically, it's just like C with a little bit of Smalltalk 
messaging syntax grafted onto it. 

With PyObjC, integration with Python is easier -- you don't need
SWIG or CXX or anything. ( However, at the moment I'm running into
bugs going in the other direction -- i.e. trying to use the Obj-C
proxy to Python object to extend an objective-C class. I'm using
it on the Mac (OSX), so I don't know how stable the gnu Foundation
classes are on linux. ) 


-- Steve Majewski <sdm7g at Virginia.EDU>