Python for large projects

[Jacek Generowicz]

"Neil Hodgson" <nhodgson at bigpond.net.au> writes:

> Jacek Generowicz:
> 
> > "After", is far too late, in my opinion. It's a bit like suggesting to
> > a static-typing-for-safety fan, that he should only run his program
> > through the compiler _after_ he has finished developing.
> 
>    That is actually a view held by some people and has been attempted on
> some projects: the programmers do not have access to compilers and deliver
> their code to someone else when complete.

I'm just checking the date ... no, it's not April the first.

> I think all these projects failed.

You surprise me.

> There was a well known case here in Australia at IBM where one person snuck
> in a compiler and managed to outperform all his colleagues until discovered.

It's not December 28th, either[*]. I'm beginning to suspect that you
might actually be serious.

Do you have a reference describing such an attempt?


[*] You probably have to be Spanish to get this reference.