Hello, On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:26:00 -0500 David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 5:20 AM Paul Sokolovsky > > > So, if anything, we're re-tracing JavaScript steps. We're in dire > > need of const'ness in the language. > > > Somehow I've used Python for 22 years without experiencing that > direness. > > I've taught thousands of students already experienced in other > languages (most with constants) without anyone noting the need). I've > been *read* by MILLIONS of readers using Python without mentioning > the need to me. I suspect someone will eventually write a drama along the lines of "Best-kept Secret from the Python Community", second only to Oedipus Rex. Perhaps, you were talking to the wrong people? Perhaps you should teach students like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2IQP8iug3c ? That guy reached only 0.3M, not millions like you, but spread the word that Python is slow. And the const is the cheapest way to make Python a tad faster (for sure open up possibilities for further optimizations), which should be accessible even to such an old clumsy behemoth as CPython. (Alternative, recently quoted, is to spend $1+M on that. https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/message/RDXLCH22T2EZDRCBM6ZYYIUTBWQVVVWH/) And I'm mentioning just that usecase with a bow to my fixation on Python JITting, other people already mentioned more. > Somehow "dire" doesn't strike me as the right word.... Maybe you were > looking for "conceivably useful in niche cases."? Perhaps we can bargain on "really useful in many cases". -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmis...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/TPHOZPMEHNORKB5STTGB46GNLU5M6I47/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
