Hello, I am sitting here for quite some time, but usually keep silent ;-) I use Python since 2003 both "professionally" and for my hobby projects and love it a much. I notice however, that "maintaining" existing/older python code is may be not so enjoyable task. It may be even harder than supporting old code written in some type of "static" languages (like Java or C++). Surely "dynamic" nature of python comes with price.
Finally I develop a feeling that strong instrumentation / tools can bring us the best of two worlds. That I am dreaming on is an absolute new type/class of IDE suitable for Python and potentially for other dynamic-type languages. Instead of current text-oriented IDEs, it should be a database-centric and resemble current CAD systems instead of being just "fancy text editor". Source text should be an output product of that CAD and not a "source material" itself. Well. I understand that it is a very ambitious and experimental stuff. Great efforts and motivation needed even to get something "runnable". So I am looking for someone to get in kind of "virtual partnership". If someone interesting it that soft of stuff, I would like to talk and discuss this system. Vladimir Ignatov -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
