I am new to Python. I tried it out and think it is fantastic. I really loved this from import this statements:
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it. But this not true of Python. GUI, Web development, Application Framework - it is shambles. It is so frustrating for a person who comes from a well designed environment / framework like Delphi. -Quote - Phillip J. Eby from dirtsimple.org Python as a community is plagued by massive amounts of wheel-reinvention. The infamous web framework proliferation problem is just the most egregious example. Why is Python "blessed" with so much reinvention? Because it's often cheaper to rewrite than to reuse. Python code is easy to write, but hard to depend on. You pretty much have to: 1. limit yourself to platforms with a suitable packaging system, 2. bundle all your dependencies into your distribution, or 3. make your users do all the work themselves Ouch. No wonder rewriting looks easier. The only way to stop this trend is to make it easier to reuse than to rewrite, which has been my mission with setuptools and EasyInstall -UnQuote My organisation writes products for Small and Medium Enterprises. We are using Delphi, we want to do more web based and Linux solutions, so I was evaluating Python, but even though I love the language and will probably do hobby programming using the language, I wouldnt really recommend our organisation to plan and execute a tranisition. We have been around a while and we have planned and done transitions from Clipper to FoxproW to VB to Delphi. >From what I understand Database access was in similar shambles in Python but a SIG took up the task and made some decisions which has now streamlined database access in Python. I really would love to have a Python where TOOWTDI Is there some place to discuss topics like this? Is this the right place? -- DarkCowherd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
