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Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:57:50 -0400
From: Gunter Herrmann <notformail0106@earthlink.net>
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Hi!

Robert Klemme wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2:29 am, Eric Sosman<esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalid>  wrote:

>>       Are you speaking of Python, or of Lisp?
> ... or Ruby.

And then there are languages where you can decide if the compiler should
be that picky.
There are for instance: Clipper5, Perl, Visual Objects...
The advantage is:
You can create all "regular" code in strict mode, the few places using
nasty tricks can be the exception and special TLC.

Gunter in Orlando, Fl