Flying With Python (Strong versus Weak Typing) [actually, Static vs Dynamic typing]
Flying With Python (Strong versus Weak Typing) [actually, Static vs Dynamic typing]
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Chermside, Michae #1 / 2
Flying With Python (Strong versus Weak Typing) [actually, Static vs Dynamic typing]
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> > Btw. my pet-peeve in Java is the lack of Ada-like generics, so that in order to > > avoid casting like hell as you did above, you have to implement your own > > iterator class for each time.
> Then you'll be happy to hear they now fixed that (upcoming jdk has generics, I > think).
I don't think that java gets to count features which are much discussed (and even prototyped) but not yet released. Of course I hold python to the same standard.
-- Michael Chermside
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:07:35 GMT
Alexander Schmolc #2 / 2
Flying With Python (Strong versus Weak Typing) [actually, Static vs Dynamic typing]
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> > > Btw. my pet-peeve in Java is the lack of Ada-like generics, so that in order to > > > avoid casting like hell as you did above, you have to implement your own > > > iterator class for each time.
> > Then you'll be happy to hear they now fixed that (upcoming jdk has generics, I > > think).
> I don't think that java gets to count features which are much discussed > (and even prototyped) but not yet released. Of course I hold Python to > the same standard.
I posted this purely for informational purposes, not to make a point (I don't even consider using java).