<QUOTE> "One problem is that python tools suck," he wrote. Wallace compared the various IDEs and other developer tools available to Microsoft's freely available Visual Studio Express and called them "toys."
<QUOTE> What s wrong with VI ??? :) R_ >> On 4 May 2006 05:24:40 -0700, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I'm picking this up via clp on Google Groups. I can't tell what Mr. >>> Lundh is referring to. The first line of his post is: "Tim Williams >>> wrote" but there's nothing that comes before. > > Similarly, I'm reading this via comp.lang.python and the original > article hasn't shown up at this site. > > Tim Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I found the web version at. >> >> http://www.devwebpro.co.uk/devwebprouk-46-20060503SwayingACoderAwayFromPython.html > > Wherein we find: > > He also listed a few reasons why C# appeals to him over Python or Java: > * anonymous functions (delegates) > * a python-like yield statement > * a nice type system with generics > * interfaces > * properties (Yay!!) > > So that's two of the five Python has, one explicitly acknowledged, > plus the combination of lambda and functions-as-first-class-objects > is as good as (or better than) "anonymous functions (delegates)". > And then we get onto personal preferences as to how to do type > systems. That's not a great deal with which to sway someone. -- --- Rony Steelandt BuCodi rony dot steelandt (at) bucodi dot com Visit the python blog at http://360.yahoo.com/bucodi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
