Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 11/29/2011 05:51 PM, Juan Quintela wrote: >> How to do high level stuff? >> - python? >> > > One of the disadvantages of the various scripting languages is the lack > of static type checking, which makes it harder to do full sweeps of the > source for API changes, relying on the compiler to catch type (or other) > errors. > > On the other hand, the statically typed languages usually have more > boilerplate. Since one of the goals is to simplify things, this > indicates the need for a language with type inference. > > On the third hand, languages with type inferences are still immature > (golang?), so we probably need to keep this discussion going until an > obvious choice presents itself. I wouldn't call ML immature. But I wouldn't call it a scripting language, either. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html