John J Lee <j...@pobox.com> writes: > </troll> > > I still like Python after using it for over a decade, but there are > things I don't like. > > What are your favourite up-and-coming languages of the moment? > > Here's my wishlist (not really in any order): > > * A widely used standard for (optional) interface declaration -- or > something better. I want it to be easier to know what interface an > object has when reading code, and which objects provide that > interface. > * Lower memory usage and faster execution speed. Yes, this has been a > price worth paying. But I do want jam on it, please: give me a > language where I get most of Python's advantages but don't have to > pay it. > * Better support for writing correct programs in the form of better > support for things like non-imperative programming, DBC, etc. (with > the emphasis on "etc"). > * Perhaps better built-in support for common tasks in common application > domains. Concurrency, persistence, database queries come to mind. > * Better refactoring tools, better code analysis tools (lint, search, > etc.). > * An even larger user base, contributing more and better free and > commercial software. > > I'm prepared to compromise on the last one. Obviously, it should do all > that while preserving all the nice features of Python -- surely an easy > task.
A language I want to give a serious try the coming months is Haskell. -- John Bokma j3b Blog: http://johnbokma.com/ Perl Consultancy: http://castleamber.com/ Perl for books: http://johnbokma.com/perl/help-in-exchange-for-books.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
