From: paul at prescod.net (Paul Prescod)
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:04:00 GMT
Subject: Python IS slow ! [was] Re: Python too slow for real world
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William Tanksley wrote:
> 
> And Oberon (SlimBinaries), and Eiffel (typing and general compile-time
> error catching), and ...

Actually, isn't Eiffel's type system famous for being full of holes?

Regardless, wouldn't a better source of inspiration on typing be a
language with *optional* compile-time error checking?

-- 
 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
 http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

"Microsoft spokesman Ian Hatton admits that the Linux system would have
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"Future press releases on the issue will clearly state that the research
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