> [Guido van Rossum] > > But Python *is* unique in that it doesn't require declarations. (I've > > got to admit that the Perl example saddened me. But then in Perl, > > local variables are a recent invention. :-) > > Guido, I miss the point of the second sentence. Why were you saddened? > Don't you prefer _not_ having to declare locals, as Python does now? > > François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard François, I was sad because Perl seemed to use dynamic scoping when you declare a local variable. Tim has since explained that Perl's local is in fact ancient. I'm also sad that Perl doesn't default to locals, but that's not my problem. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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