Python's biggest compromises

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Tue Aug 5 21:04:50 EDT 2003


In article <bgp1e7$i3g$1 at gateway.northgrum.com>,
Dang Griffith  <dmgriffith_not_ at tasc.com> wrote:
>Anthony_Barker wrote:
>>
>> What about immutable strings? I'm not sure I understand Guido's
>> preference for them.
>
>   Strings are also immutable in Java.  Maybe Guido likes Java?  ;-)

Python predates Java.
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