> > - Is it good for Python to become two languages in one, a fast > statically typed one and a dynamically one, like pypy shows to like > with RPython, or is it better to go the way of the Boo language, that > (while being mostly static) is mixing dynamic and static typing in the > same code, but that must rely on a very complex virtual machine to > work?
I was going to ask about what the difference between dynamic and static types was again, but remebered there was a thread on this some time ago where this link was posted: http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2006/11/25/a-taxonomy-of-typing-systems/ IMO you would not want to mix two typing systems in one language, unless you can very explicitly say for a variable "this one is static". Is this not what pyrex does in a way? Moreover, such a change would be quite fundamental, I don't think you'll easily convince Guido on this :) Cheers, Almar
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