John Nagle wrote: > Many of the basic libraries for web related functions do have > problems. Even standard modules like "urllib" and "SSL" are buggy, > and have been for years. Outside the standard modules, it gets > worse, especially for ones with C components. Version incompatibility > for extensions is a serious problem. That's reality. > > It's a good language, but the library situation is poor. Python as > a language is better than Perl, but CPAN is better run than Cheese Shop.
You know, submitting bug reports, patches, etc., can help make Python better. And with setuptools' easy_setup, getting modules and packages installed from the Cheese Shop is pretty painless. - Josiah -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
