Steven D'Aprano wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>I can speak the same about Python if I view it from a prototype based >>perspective, where one get them for free in Lua but need to implement >>them in Python. > > > Sure. And if you need prototypes, then all else being > equal that would be a disadvantage of Python compared > to Lua. > > On the other hand, I'd suggest that far more > programmers are familiar with classes than prototypes, > regardless of any objective advantages or disadvantages > of one over the other. Perhaps that's one of the > reasons why Lua is lacking the market penetration of > Python: programmers may look at it and say "No classes? > Prototyping? WTF is that? I don't have time to learn > something so different, better stick to languages which > have a smaller learning curve." > > > Or perhaps they'll see that Self demonstrated the advantages and disadvantages of the prototyping approach long ago.
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