Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marko Rauhamaa Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: The Cost of Dynamism (was Re: Pyhon 2.x or 3.x, which is faster?) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:25:39 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <87k2l4ex24.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> References: <56e44258$0$1598$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <8737rvxs89.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <87y49muoh6.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="b7cb1518d23ec19d482dcc9c31d30fdd"; logging-data="29115"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Gnh3XhbC447p5K5RANvT7" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zJGpWb2X1Sn8lmQ0YFOHtxWgPj4= sha1:ym70UXHNmBMwlGr5qeLjEjnhcLo= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:104852 BartC : > (Code-smell to me means code dominated by loads of classes, especially > for no good reason. But I'm not suggesting a language shouldn't have > them.) Ok, you don't like OO. Fine. Python is deep in OO. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Personally, I think OO is quite a cromulent paradigm. Marko PS Classes are not necessary for OO, but Python has taken that traditional path.