On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 22:48:00 +0400, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > not python, the spirit of python, > > i guess i must have been around when it was first discussed, now it's > too late to discuss why it was introduced in the first place ...
Guido has been talking about this for a LONG time: https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=85551 https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=86641 https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=87182 And for a perspective on why this is not only something desirable, but something which historically dynamic languages *used to have* but lost, see https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/05/dynamic-languages-strike-back.html -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
