could you fix your mail client please - the formatting is a mess and I cannot make out what is quoted and what is not
On Monday 08 Feb 2010 4:07:19 pm Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy wrote: > >>The fact that Python is open source is orthogonal to the fact that it > > compiles source into bytecode which can be decompiled. Also "Python" > > >>can't be open source. "Python" is a programming language. A concrete > > implementation (eg. CPython) can be open source. > > >>By your logic, "C" is opensource (in it's gcc incarnation) and > > therefore should also suffer from the reverse engineering problem you're > raising. > > Oops!! Didn't have brains to think of gcc when my friend said it. :).My > bad. > Thanks for pointing out the difference between a 'language' and > 'Implementation'. > > >>This is subjective. I personally think it's mainly marketing (Java had > > Sun and C# had MS). This leads to secondary effects like certifications > (which are useful for >>>non-tech hiring managers to evaluate potential > employees), availability of 'resources' (since most engineering grads > jump onto the now popular language in the >>>>hope of getting a job) > Ok.My Question is.. > What was PSF's in general, Guido's in particular thoughts about > marketing python? > And I heard Perl's marketing was excellent.How did they manage it > with limited funds? > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
