[ANN] Boo 0.4.3 - python-like language for .NET/Mono

[Doug Holton]

I've been playing with Booish a litle bit, but there are some things
that I don't understand very well, and unfortunately, there's little
documentation so far to read...

I wonder if you could explain with an example how the static typing
and the type inference work in Boo.
I'd like to know "where", "when" and "how" should I declare types and
when I shouldn't.

Also, I'm not sure what you guys understand for "type inference". I
used to think that it was a way to find out the types of the variables
without having to declare them, but since Boo is statically typed,
where does type inference fit in? How?

Yeah, if you wouldn't mind, could you copy this question to the boo
mailing list? http://boo.codehaus.org/Mailing+Lists
Thanks, it is better to discuss it there. Maybe we can improve the
current wiki page about boo's type inference too:
http://boo.codehaus.org/Type+Inference

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

There was also a similar thing with Prothon (Python with prototypes) by
Mark Hahn a while back, that actually used this newsgroup/mailing list
as their discussion forum.

so we can expect Boo to turn into BoC to turn into Sproo, "better than
everything else, more dynamic than everything else, faster than everything
else, more syntaxes than everything, now will someone implement this for
me, please" within a couple of months? cool.

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[Paul Boddie]

Um, despite my criticism of Istvan for jumping on an innocent
announcement, he does have a point (even if he presented it a bit
harshly): this is a Python list, not a Boo list. A lot of people here
may or may not be interested in Boo, just as they are with Ruby,
Haskell, Lisp, et al, but that doesn't make it an appropriate place to
seek technical support on any of those things. They have, or can start,
their own groups.

Indeed that could have been the reason for the skepticism/hostility.
For a good while, comp.lang.python was stuffed full of commentary and
discussion about a language which now seems to be "off the twig",
although I imagine that Prothon could well be an interesting starting
point for experimentation with free threading and other Python 3000
proposals/wishes/desires.

Paul

 

[Ville Vainio]

[on prothon]

Paul> Indeed that could have been the reason for the
Paul> skepticism/hostility. For a good while, comp.lang.python
Paul> was stuffed full of commentary and discussion about a
Paul> language which now seems to be "off the twig", although I
Paul> imagine that Prothon could well be an interesting starting
Paul> point for experimentation with free threading and other
Paul> Python 3000 proposals/wishes/desires.

Well, Prothon is dead now, the new project has a different name and
generally seems to be a sandbox for overly "creative" language
design. Boo seems to be more relevant from the Python point of view.