2009/2/2 Russ P. <russ.paie...@gmail.com>: > On Feb 2, 2:46 pm, Tim Rowe <digi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> No, we're supposed to believe that the designers of C++, Java, Ada, >> and Scala are all designers of languages that are not Python. If all >> languages had the same philosophy what would be the point of different >> languages? Is it worth mentioning (again) that Python is not Java? >> >> -- >> Tim Rowe > > I am not sure why people keep "mentioning" that "Python is not Java." Because Java is the language that folks most offen insist Python become like. > As a slogan, it is rather misleading. Python is not C++, Ada, or Scala > either. All of those languages have enforced access restriction. Why > only mention Java? You might notice that I also mentioned C++, Ada and Scala. > their wishes. If that's the case, you have my sympathies, but let's > not pretend that Java is the only popular OO language with enforced > access restrictions. You might notice (again) that I also mentioned C++, Ada and Scala. -- Tim Rowe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list