[Haskell-cafe] Python is lazier than Haskell

[Vo Minh Thu]

2011/4/27 Henning Thielemann <lemming at henning-thielemann.de>:
>
> I like to apply for the quote of the week. :-)
>
>  "If Haskell is great because of its laziness,
>   then Python must be even greater,
>   since it is lazy at the type level."
>
> Dynamically typed languages only check types if they have to, that is if
> expressions are actually computed. Does this prove that laziness at type
> level as in Python is a great thing or does this prove that laziness at the
> value level as in Haskell is a bad thing or does this prove nothing?
>
> Hope for controversial discussion ...

I like the sloth to be eager to eat my bugs.