Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list
Ben Finney schrieb am 07.07.2018 um 03:38: > Steven D'Aprano writes: > >> Somebody gave a quote about dynamic typing, along the lines of >> >> "Just because a language allows a lot of dynamic features, doesn't mean >> people's code uses a lot of dynamism." > > You did refer us to http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1519> on > this forum. That contains a quote attributed to John Aycock with the > meaning you paraphrase above. And since the link in that article seems broken, here's the cited paper: https://legacy.python.org/workshops/2000-01/proceedings/papers/aycock/aycock.html Stefan PS: the link could probably be fixed with a redirect from python.org... -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list
On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 11:38:37 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Steven D'Aprano writes: > >> Somebody gave a quote about dynamic typing, along the lines of >> >> "Just because a language allows a lot of dynamic features, doesn't mean >> people's code uses a lot of dynamism." > > You did refer us to http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1519> on > this forum. That contains a quote attributed to John Aycock with the > meaning you paraphrase above. That's it! You're my hero! I knew it wasn't *my* quote, I had forgotten that I linked to it. Thanks. -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list
Steven D'Aprano writes: > Somebody gave a quote about dynamic typing, along the lines of > > "Just because a language allows a lot of dynamic features, doesn't mean > people's code uses a lot of dynamism." You did refer us to http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1519> on this forum. That contains a quote attributed to John Aycock with the meaning you paraphrase above. -- \“… it's best to confuse only one issue at a time.” —Brian W. | `\Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, _The C programming language_, | _o__) 1988 | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list
On Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:02:28 +0100, Bart wrote: > On 06/07/2018 13:43, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> I think it might have been on this list, or possibly one of >> Python-Ideas or Python-Dev. >> >> Somebody gave a quote about dynamic typing, along the lines of >> >> "Just because a language allows a lot of dynamic features, doesn't mean >> people's code uses a lot of dynamism." >> >> Does anyone remember this? My google-fu is failing me. > > Wasn't that you? No -- I have frequently expressed similar sentiments, but it wasn't mine. -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list
On 06/07/2018 13:43, Steven D'Aprano wrote: I think it might have been on this list, or possibly one of Python-Ideas or Python-Dev. Somebody gave a quote about dynamic typing, along the lines of "Just because a language allows a lot of dynamic features, doesn't mean people's code uses a lot of dynamism." Does anyone remember this? My google-fu is failing me. Wasn't that you? As in this quote in the PEP 526 thread, 5th July 03:01 BST: > But we know (as so many people keep reminding us) that just because > Python is extremely dynamic, that doesn't necessarily mean that we use it > in extremely dynamic ways. Most of the time, say, 95% of the time, if x > is an int *here*, it is intended to *stay* an int all the way through the > lifetime of that variable. -- bart -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list
I think it might have been on this list, or possibly one of Python-Ideas or Python-Dev. Somebody gave a quote about dynamic typing, along the lines of "Just because a language allows a lot of dynamic features, doesn't mean people's code uses a lot of dynamism." Does anyone remember this? My google-fu is failing me. -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
