IsPython really O-O?

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Wed Nov 14 05:14:18 EST 2001


Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> writes:

> ianb at colorstudy.com (Ian Bicking) wrote:
> > If you look under the hood, Python is much more like Smalltalk than
> > Java. 
> 
> I'm having trouble parsing that.  Which of the following did you mean?
> 
> 1) Python is more like Smalltalk that Python is like Java
> 2) Python is more like Smalltalk than Java is like Smalltalk

I think 1).

Cheers,
M.

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