Re: "no variable or argument declarations are necessary."
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Re: "no variable or argument declarations are necessary."

From: Steven D'Aprano <steve@REMOVETHIScyber.com.au>
Date: Fri Oct 07 2005 - 13:04:20 CEST

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:01:00 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:

> There's more to it than just that. Python's type checking is not just not
> done at compile time, it's done as late in run time as possible. One might
> call it just-in-time type checking.

Well there you go then. Instead of pulling our hair out that Python has no
type checking ("that's a bug in the language design, woe woe woe!!!") we
can just say that Python does JIT type checking, which not only is a
feature, but also satisfies the Pointy Haired Bosses who demand buzzwords
they can't understand.

-- 
Steven.
Received on Sat Oct 15 04:15:18 2005