Archive 23. December 2004

Adding Optional Static Typing to Python

Guido van Rossum is thinking about optional static typing for Python. Very interesting, because optional static typing on one hand preserves the highly dynamic nature of Python, while on the other hand offering type declaration as an option for optimization. You can get a great sense of what something like this could accomplish by trying out PyRex - which already offers something like statically typed Python today. Here's the original article.

Asteroid discovered in immediate Earth proximity

Darn, missed it again.

At NETZEITUNG.DE Wissenschaft you can find the original article.

The "Thank you Poland!" Letter

Hey folks, thank you!

I found the original article at Industrial Technology & Witchcraft.

eBay could not prevent password theft

We take this problem very seriously. - sure, and pigs can fly.

At heise online news there is the original article.

Siemens CEO announces painful cuts in communications division

With only an operating profit of 1.3 billion euros and a surplus of still 650 million euros, one has to do that too. Rip-off artists and liars.

At heise online news you can find the original article.

Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby

Ok, I've seen a lot of crazy stuff. But this Ruby introduction is really completely insane. Definitely worth checking out. Even if you have zero interest in Ruby or programming languages. The author must be completely out of his mind - I don't know what he's taking to produce books like this, but I'd like two kilos of it.

Here you can find the original article.