Rocco Moretti wrote: > Cameron Laird wrote: > >> Andy Smith rails against "frameworks": >> >> http://an9.org/devdev/why_frameworks_suck?sxip-homesite=&checked=1 > > > Slapdash Summary: Libraries good, frameworks bad - they are a > straightjackets and limit sharing. > > Which lead me to the question - what's the difference between a library > and a framework?
A library is a set of base behaviours you have to learn separetly and deeply to inherit a mix of them and build an aspect of your program. A framework is a dumb runnable program in which you must insert your plugins as specifications to drive it towards a useful instance of it. A framework misses libraries of methods to become useful. A library is a set of loosely coupled classes useful for machines to attack a problem . A framework is a set of highly coupled interfaces useful for humans to describe a task. Ciao Paolino -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
