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Mutation sleuthing in Python

Python is a language that gives you a lot of rope, in particular any particular encapsulation scheme is only weakly enforced and can be worked around by a sufficiently savvy hacker. I fall into the "my compiler should stop me from doing stupid things" camp, but I'll certainly say, dynamic capabilities sure are convenient. But […]

  • March 19, 2010