On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai < abpil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai > > <abpil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [..] > > > "The company says that Go is experimental, and that it combines the > > > performance and security benefits associated with using a compiled > > language > > > like C++ with the speed of a dynamic language like Python" > > > > Perhaps they meant speed of development and the security associated > > with strong static typing. > > > > Upon 2nd reading, I also thought they did, but not a very good > disambiguation there I daresay. But "security benefits associated to > a compiled language" - I fall flat there since I don't see any > correlation with a language being compiled and its security! > > Pretty shoddy marketing this... > That's what the big boys of the world wants you to believe. I had met a very senior official in the government a techy himself and spent 3 hours showing him virtues of Python and Django, hoping that they will change the RFP terms. I found out yesterday that the application has to be developed on a proven technology like Java,C++ or C#. When I spoke to the gentleman he said his consultant said that dynamically typed languages are not safe for mission critical work. The work is far from being mission-critical is another point altogether..... > > > > > > -- > > ~noufal > > http://nibrahim.net.in > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > -- > --Anand > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- Ramdas S +91 9342 583 065 _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
