Hello, On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 12:37:05 -0400 David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020, 12:22 PM Paul Sokolovsky > > > popular VHLL/scripting languages which doesn't support defining of > > constants in the core language: > > > > JavaScript has "const foo = 1;" > > PHP has "const foo = 1;" > > Perl has "use constant foo => 1;" > > Lua has "local foo <const> = 1" > > ----- > > > > > - Mathematica > > > - Scheme > > > - Powershell and other scripting languages like bash > > > - Applescript and Hyperscript > > > - Ruby > > > I'm pretty sure some on Steven's list are more *popular* than some on > Paul's list. What methodology for ranking popularity you use might > change details. But none of Steven's are rate, obscure, vanity > languages. Right. So, if someone would like to add something to this thread, I'd humbly suggest to concentrate on the lack of, and need for, of const-ness in the Python language core (in comparison to other languages or not), and usecases it enables, and not on criteria for "popularness". -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmis...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/PBH32KIBMHZO7JEM75VOQ3FNPMEWRFZ5/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
