Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Cameron Laird wrote: > > >>You are missing the main idea: Java is by design a general purpose > >>programming language. That's why all "GMPYs" and alike are written in > >>Java - now wrappers to C-libraries. Python, by design, is glue > > . > > I don't understand the sentence, "That's why all 'GMPYs' and alike ..." > > Are you saying that reuse of code written in languages other than Java > > is NOT important to Java? I think that's a reasonable proposition; I'm > > just having trouble following your paragraph. > > replace "now" with "not" or perhaps "instead of being implemented as", > and it may become a bit easier to parse. > > and yes, the proposition matches my experiences. java heads prefer to do > everything in java, while us pythoneers happily mix and match whenever we > can... (which is why guoy's "benchmarks" says so little about Python; if you > cannot use smart algorithms and extensions where appropriate, you're not > really using Python as it's supposed to be used) > > </F>
If you can't use C where appropriate, you're not really using Python as it's supposed to be used? :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
