On Jan 24, 1:50 am, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the Perl, Java, PHP, and C/C++ worlds, the equivalent > functions just work. 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.
I have much sympathy for your position. I think the problem is that Python is quite capable in many areas, such that the people in the community with the expertise to extend the language and libraries, are usually the ones who've been happily using the polished features for years and have found they need nothing more. And the ones who need those features probably got bored of waiting for progress long ago. You get the responses you do from years of natural selection in the community. I think that is why many of the SIGs are stagnant, why the standard library has so much fluff yet still lacks in key areas such as multimedia and web development, etc. People can say, "if you want it done, why aren't you doing it?", and is a fair question, but it doesn't alter the fact of Python's deficiencies in certain areas when compared with other languages. -- Ben Sizer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
