Re: Python Package Managment

2009-01-28 Thread david.lyon
Hi, >>> People coming to Python from Perl and Ruby expect to be able to just >>> run a command to download and install a package. TRUE TRUE Forgive me, but I am no python specialist. But I use all the other languages as well and python isn't up to standard in this area. Perphaps 50% of al

Re: New to python, open source Mac OS X IDE?

2009-01-27 Thread david.lyon
> joseph.a.mar...@gmail.com wrote: >> Greetings! I've heard enough raving about Python, I'm going to see for >> myself what all the praise is for! >> >> I'm on a Mac. I use Netbeans for Java, PHP, and C if needed. Do you >> even use an IDE for Python? >> >> Any recommendations on open source Python

Re: Does Python really follow its philosophy of "Readability counts"?

2009-01-19 Thread david.lyon
>> Because frankly, that's how I read Russ' explanation for what Scala is >> doing. Have I missed something? coz he gets paid per line of code it's a mindless way of getting paid more for the same functionality... >> Well, I *thought* I did, and (unlike Bruno) I'm not hostile to the idea >>

Re: Is there a best linux distro for a python hobbyist?

2009-01-05 Thread david.lyon
Hi, I would have to put in a vote for Ubuntu. There seems to be a working ubuntu package for most of the things that I have tried. Instead of having to use a pythonic package - just get one from the os. As for the things you mention.. give it a go On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:42:00 -0800, "member thud