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On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 13:05 -0500, Vladimir Gapeyev wrote: > If you did have experience programming in a modern strongly and statically > typed language like SML, OCaml, or Haskell, and still do not see their > benefits... I am sorry for the above lecturing. Perhaps it is useless to > spend your energy on discussions like this -- static typing enthusiasts > are as convinced in their point as you are in yours. This is the truest thing anyone has said in this thread. > If the situation is opposite, you can be pleasantly surprized how close to > Python those languages are! Haskell is the only one of those I've played with. I did like it, but I couldn't see myself using it for the sort of large-scale development I do in Python. Just personal preference, I'm sure. I've always wanted to try OCaml, but never had the time. -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. http://uche.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org http://fourthought.com Use CSS to display XML - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/x-dw-x-xmlcss-i.html Full XML Indexes with Gnosis - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/12/08/py-xml.html Be humble, not imperial (in design) - http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=10286 UBL 1.0 - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think28.html Use Universal Feed Parser to tame RSS - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipufp.html Default and error handling in XSLT lookup tables - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tiplook.html A survey of XML standards - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand4/ The State of Python-XML in 2004 - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/10/13/py-xml.html
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