Prothon gets Major Facelift in Vers 0.1.0 [Prothon]

Ryan Paul segphault at sbcglobal.net
Sun May 23 10:28:22 EDT 2004


On Sat, 22 May 2004 22:53:01 -0700, simo wrote:

> One thing that might attract me from Python to Prothon is if it had
> proper private medthods - i.e. not just name mangling like __myDef
> which can be overridden using _myClass__myDef (as the interpreter
> does).
> 
> Proper encapsulation is needed before the C++ brigade will take
> P[y/ro]thon seriously as an OO language, oh and a machinecode compiler
> ;-)

check out ruby. It is very similar to python, but one of the many benefits
it has over python, is ability to distinguish 'real' private, public, and
protected variables/methods. Ruby does not allow multiple inheritance, and
it supports a very powerful mixin system- it's OO mechanisms and syntax
generally seem better than pythons.

I dont understand why everybody seems to want a machinecode compiler. It
wont make a high-level, dynamically typed language run any faster.

--SegPhault




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