does lack of type declarations make Python unsafe?

Alex Martelli aleax at aleax.it
Tue Jun 17 03:36:54 EDT 2003


Moshe Zadka wrote:
   ...
> Right, I wouldn't. Source code is *always* a liability. Unless you

Good thing your job isn't accounting -- if you tried putting, on a
company's balance sheet, the source code it owns under "liabilities",
rather than under "assets", you'd be in for malpractice lawsuits to
dwarf Enron's (tax authorities might be particularly likely to take
a dim view in the matter).


Alex





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