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I'm not sure that I'd call dynamic languages like Python safer, it depends on context. Compared to C/C++ you lose static typechecking but gain a safer memory m

by army 14y ago

I'm not sure that I'd call dynamic languages like Python safer, it depends on context. Compared to C/C++ you lose static typechecking but gain a safer memory model.

pjmlp 14y ago
Anything is better than C.
- eru 14y ago
  You haven't used PHP much? Or MUMPS?
  - pjmlp 14y ago
    PHP is not a compiled language for systems programming. As for MUMPS I know it is something used only in US it seems.
    - eru 14y ago
      Oh, I wasn't aware that you only talked about those. MUMPS is also not for systems programming, as far as I know. To nitpick a bit, compiled or not is more a property of the implementation than of the language itself. Of course, some languages are more commonly compiled than others. But, don't Facebook have a PHP compiler?
      - pjmlp 14y ago
        > But, don't Facebook have a PHP compiler? Yes, but I don't see PHP as a possible systems programming language, even with a compiled implementation. Uhm, dreams of device drivers written in PHP...