Gaulish Gaming Banquet: off-topic

adrientd

Yeah dynamic typing can be nice in some cases, but not in a long term

adrientd

because for large projects, it might become harder to check what a variable's type is

adrientd

especially when use classes in Python

adrientd

because in Python a class doesn't have a fixed amount of members, instances of the same class can have different kinds of members added or removed, and have different types, which can be very confusing, whereas in languages in C and C++ you simply can't: a class instance alsways has the same members of same type

thewitheredstriker

Yeah, I'm not that big of a Pythonista really

thewitheredstriker

I get the appeal for simple projects and repetitive scripting

thewitheredstriker

but

thewitheredstriker

for larger or more complex apps

thewitheredstriker

Python just falls flat

thewitheredstriker

and I believe Pascal is a far superior teaching language

thewitheredstriker

it exposes you to things like static typing, direct compilation (no interpreter), and manual memory management right away, but in sane ways

pegperegogaucho

The funny thing about Python and its dynamic typing is that half the errors i get when writing python code are mainly related to type errors :LUL:

thewitheredstriker

oh and for the record, while Pascal is a great teaching language, I hate the sentiment that it's "only" a teaching language

thewitheredstriker

Pascal is just as viable as a commercial and FOSS programming language as any other is

thewitheredstriker

especially Delphi helps prove that

thewitheredstriker

there's even a bunch of games on the Nintendo Switch eShop that were written entirely in Pascal

pegperegogaucho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGhBjMcY2YQ

rubinho146

Tenor GIF

rubinho146

Tenor GIF

rubinho146

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hghnj9IgPcw

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