Re: python simply not scaleable enough for google?

On Nov 14, 8:55 am, Vincent Manis wrote: > On 2009-11-13, at 23:20, Robert Brown wrote, quoting me: > > Please look atCLPython. [...] > Ah, that does explain it. I bet you didn't even look at it. FWIW, I'm the author of CLPython. > CLOS is most definitely the wrong vehicle for implementing > Pyt

Re: CLPython (was Re: merits of Lisp vs Python)

Paul Boddie wrote: > What would it take to get Python people more interested in it? I've > been monitoring the site [1] and the mailing list [2] for some time, > but nothing particularly visible seems to be happening. Well, judging from the reactions on blogs to the initial announcement here, quit

Re: merits of Lisp vs Python

Paul Rubin wrote: > Does this count as a "children of a lesser Python"? This sounds like a quite derogatory first question. CLPython is not a dead and abandoned project, nor is execution speed its main goal, nor are Python semantics bended anywhere (it can run the Pie-thon benchmark). Sure, some r

Re: Create a variable "on the fly"

Steve M: > >>> locals()['OSCAR'] = 'the grouch' > >>> OSCAR > 'the grouch' > >>> Use "globals", not "locals": globals()['OSCAR'] = 'the grouch' because states: locals() Update and return a dictionary representing the current loca