Is Python overhyped (just like Java)?

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth Thomas Bellman:
> Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> writes:
> 
> > I'm all for C++ bashing, but in what way do you think C++ is not "a true 
> > object oriented language"?
> 
> A common complaint is that it confuses implementation (inheritance)
> with interface.  If a function expects a Frobnitz instance, then it
> better get an instance of a class that derives its implementation
> from the Frobnitz class, or the compiler will reject your program.
> A class that implements exactly the same interface, but uses its
> own implementation without inheriting from Frobnitz, won't work.

It's been a long time since I've done any C++ programming, but
don't pure virtual classes do the work of Java interfaces?

> After a while it was realized that that was untenable, and
> templates were invented to patch around it.

What do templates have to do with interfaces?

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