On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 18:00 +0000, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:13:18 -0400, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed > the following in comp.lang.python: > > > > > Sorry you feel that way. You'll miss out on really great Python products > > that > > aren't in the standard Library, such as Twisted, Zope/Plone, Dabo, and many > > others. > > > Zope/Plone are applications in their own right... They aren't > designed to be plug-ins for the development of Python programs. Yes, > they USE Python as the runtime basis but they are complete as is -- one > can install Plone and never have to know about Python (be a touch > limited, but it can be used). In a way, Python is part of the Zope/Plone > standard library, not the other way around. > > Can that be said for the others?
Twisted, for one, can't be used without knowing Python. In fact, without knowing Python quite well. For that matter, it can't easily be used <wink>. Cliff (who has a love/hate relationship with Twisted) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.develix.com :: Web applications and hosting :: Linux, PostgreSQL and Python specialists :: -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
