Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list

2018-07-07 Thread Stefan Behnel
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

Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list

2018-07-06 Thread Steven D'Aprano
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

Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list

2018-07-06 Thread Ben Finney
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

Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list

2018-07-06 Thread Steven D'Aprano
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

Re: Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list

2018-07-06 Thread Bart
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

Looking for a recent quote about dynamic typing, possibly on this list

2018-07-06 Thread Steven D'Aprano
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