Eiffel better than Python ?
Alex Martelli
aleaxit at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 4 04:13:00 EDT 2001
"Tim Peters" <tim.one at home.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.994211288.26450.python-list at python.org...
> [Tomasz Stochmal]
> > Should I stop using Python and jump on Eiffel wagon ?
>
> You didn't say what you want to accomplish. If the idea of "provably
> correct" programs appeals to you, Eiffel will give you more help than any
> other practical language I know of.
I still think Haskell would be of higher help. Immutable data
make proving program properties easier (while not _easy_). (If
you're implying Haskell isn't "practical", I'll unchain the
slavering hordes of FP groupies against you... scary threat,
innit?).
Alex
More information about the Python-list
mailing list