Whence the love of Python (was: type checking)

[Cameron Laird]

In article <Dnyib.275941$R32.8992496 at news2.tin.it>,
Alex Martelli  <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
>Stephen Horne wrote:
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>> Oddly enough, I think my Python code has reflected this for some time
>> without me noticing the issue.
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>Interesting indeed!  This kind of "you're smarter than you know" effect
>IS observed time and again, admittedly...
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>Alex
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The aptness of jokes about Guido's time-machine hints at 
real quality in the language.  More often than not, or
more often than with other languages, Python seems to
treat ignorance gently.  This is a dimension of craftsman-
ship:  to do the right thing, degrees of freedom remain.

Python Does It Right.  No, better than that, Python makes
it easy to do it right.
-- 

Cameron Laird <claird at phaseit.net>
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