On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:50:39 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > The point is rather moot, since CPython (and probably other Pythons) do > almost no optimizations. But just because Python is a dynamic language > doesn't mean there are no optimizations possible: Haskell is a dynamic > language, and there are optimizing compilers for it. Of course, it is > much simpler for Haskell, because of the type system it uses.
What do you mean by Haskell is a dynamic language? It is statically and strict typed and the compiler usually knows all the functions. No "surprises", no side effects, no duck typing. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list