Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > The std lib is *batteries* included. If you need a nuclear reactor, you turn > to third-party frameworks and libraries like Twisted, Zope, numpy, PLY, etc.
I always thought twisted and zope were monstrosities. I've used threads instead of twisted and various other possibilities instead of zope. Not sure why numpy couldn't go in the stdlib: does it change all that fast? PLY is an application not a library. > It's precisely because the stdlib has much stronger backward compatibility > requirements and a higher reluctance to break things that fast-changing > projects (including just bug fixes, not just new features) cannot go into > the stdlib. Has that been a problem for PHP? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
