Cobra seems interessant, open-source, but the dependance on Mono and .Net annoy me a bit.
Otherwise, cobra have good ideas, a syntax similar to python. One thing i really love is the "How-To" and the "Samples" pages on it's website, i think it's a very good thing for beginners. FELD Boris 2011/4/5 Colin J. Williams <c...@ncf.ca>: > On 05-Apr-11 06:22 AM, Brendan Simon (eTRIX) wrote: >> >> I just came across the Cobra language, which appears to be heavily >> influenced by Python (and other languages). The pitch sounds great. It's >> supposed to have: >> >> 1. Quick, expressive coding >> 2. Fast execution >> 3. Static and dynamic binding >> 4. Language level support for quality >> >> >> http://cobra-language.com/docs/why/ >> >> http://cobra-language.com/docs/python/ >> >> I was wondering what advantages Python has over Cobra. I know it's >> probably a difficult question to answer and depends on specific >> requirements. All I can think of is: >> >> * Maturity of language >> o Robust and tested. >> o availability of modules (standard and built-in). >> o large community support (commercial and non-commercial). >> * No dependence of .NET/Mono >> o I don't know if this is an pro or con as I don't know .NET. >> >> >> Presumably the maturity argument would be less significant over time. >> >> I'm not sure about the .NET/Mono framework, whether that is good or bad. >> Sounds good in some situations at least. >> >> Any other arguments where Python has benefits over Cobra ?? >> >> Cheers, Brendan. >> > Two questions: > 1. Is Cobra Open Source? > 2. The blog ended on October, did he run out of steam? > > I liked the '.', in place of '.self', but that's been rejected for Python. > > Colin W. > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
