On Sep 21, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

>> I've never used Python and only know about it what I've heard  
>> people say
>> here.
>
> I use Python quite often (but I never used it in class). My relation
> with the syntax is still hate-love: it is form instance frustrating  
> that
> I often can't 'if 0:-out' a part of the code as I want to. But it is
> heaven that I never have to worry whether my 'first glance' idea of
> syntactical structure is correct.
>
> I also have mixed feelings about the type checking (that is: its
> absence). It is nice to write code without worrying about type
> compatibility, but it can be a nightmare to debug.
>
> But overall I like the language, and the abundance of libraries. You
> need image processing? Print barcodes? generate .rtf? Acecss to the
> serial port? Send email? Merge gerberfiles into a panel? Just grab the
> lib and go!
>
> -- 
>
> Wouter van Ooijen

I'm a major fan of type checking. So often I've spent a lot of time  
with the devs chasing down some odd problem only to have it turn out  
to be a problem with an unexpected type change that wasn't caught by  
input validation. A language that is strongly typed would have  
prevented that whole issue.

Yes, the abundance of libraries in Python, Perl, etc is great. Saves  
tons of time.

-Pete
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