On 2011-03-03, Tom Zych <freethin...@pobox.com> wrote: > Carl Banks wrote: >> Perl works deterministically and reliably. In fact, pretty much every >> language works deterministically and reliably. Total non-argument. > > Well, yes. I think the real issue is, how many surprises are > waiting to pounce on the unwary developer. C is deterministic > and reliable, but full of surprises.
Point of order, for expediency, C and C++ both include lots and lots of indeterminate stuff. A piece of specific C code can be totally deterministic, but the language is full of undefined corners. > Python is generally low in surprises. Using "if <identifier>" > is one place where you do have to think about unintended > consequences. Python eschews undefined behavior. -- Neil Cerutti "What we really can learn from this is that bad accounting can yield immense imaginary profits." --Klepsacovic -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
