Python's biggest compromises

[Gary Herron]

On Thursday 31 July 2003 10:10 am, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> Anthony_Barker wrote:
> (snip)
>
> > What to you think python largest compromises are?
> >
> > The three that come to my mind are significant whitespace, dynamic
> > typing, and that it is interpreted - not compiled.
>
> IMHO these are not compromises, but features.

What's more, these are three of Python's greatest *strengths*. We
resist all attempts to change these, and we (at least I) avoid other
languages because they do not supply these features.

Gary Herron