Re:Barbara Liskov: The Power of Abstraction [video]
by crondee on Saturday June 08, 2013 @03:30PM
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are you talking about her comment that Python has no data abstraction? Even I found that odd, maybe she was only talking about the lack of static types as opposed to java, c# which are "expert languages"
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Re:Barbara Liskov: The Power of Abstraction [video]
by hackinthebochs on Saturday June 08, 2013 @03:56PM
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I think the point is that data abstraction in python is just a suggestion. If you follow convention, things can be abstracted to an extent. But there is nothing that enforces these abstractions on a user; you are not bound to operate only within a constrained context. Also, certain types of abstractions aren't possible in python because of the lack of interfaces.