On 24 Jan, 02:50, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The major complaint I have about Python is that the packages > which connect it to other software components all seem to have > serious problems. As long as you don't need to talk to anything > outside the Python world, you're fine.
I think you're overstating your case here, since there is a lot of Python code out there (much of it under the radar of many readers of this newsgroup/list) whose purpose is precisely that of integration with other software components. Having read what you've written elsewhere with regard to SSL integration with Python, though, the causes of the symptoms you're seeing are mostly correctly identified in your own analysis. > In the Perl, Java, PHP, and C/C++ worlds, the equivalent functions just > work. We may have differing experiences here. Java stuff, in my experience, usually needs lots of precisely versioned .jar files and then frequently doesn't "just work". C and C++ aren't complete environments, but there are admittedly some libraries/frameworks/environments based on those languages which might provide solutions which often work satisfactorily. I don't really want to think of the cocktail of solutions available for Perl to solve any given problem, but people often report that the quality varies somewhat between them. > That's because, in those worlds, either the > development team for the language or the development team > for the subsystem takes responsibility for making them work. > Only Python doesn't do that. And this is where I'd almost reach agreement with you. It's not enough for the language to keep growing new features if the libraries are broken or appear archaic, and this task seems to be outside the "core developers" area of interest. Of course, people like you and I could help update the libraries, although finding the time for making more than just suggestions can be quite difficult, but the core developers merely signalling that the libraries are a priority area for development would probably lead to fewer people pushing their own favourite syntax brush-ups or esoteric constructs, hopefully leading some people (with enough time) to update, document and improve what's already there. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
