Re:Is Python the Future of Programming?
by dragonwriter on Saturday July 21, 2018 @09:49PM
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> How are people writing large programs in Python? Isn’t the lack of compiler type checking making it difficult?
Python 2 and 3 both have AOT static type checkers available (this is essentially “pre-compile-time”). Presumably those for whom not having this would be a problem use it.
> And what about lack of access modifiers?
It's an issue, but use of the conventional underscore prefix makes mitigation via code review fairly simple.
Python 2 and 3 both have AOT static type checkers available (this is essentially “pre-compile-time”). Presumably those for whom not having this would be a problem use it.
> And what about lack of access modifiers?
It's an issue, but use of the conventional underscore prefix makes mitigation via code review fairly simple.