Re: Another "Go is Python-like" article.

2010-05-22 Thread Patrick Maupin
On May 22, 6:14 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2010 12:13:30 -0700, Patrick Maupin wrote about the lack > of exceptions in Go: > > > Looking at their rationale, it is appears that one or more of the > > primary go developers had to deal way too often with people who overuse > > and ab

Re: Another "Go is Python-like" article.

2010-05-22 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 22 May 2010 12:13:30 -0700, Patrick Maupin wrote about the lack of exceptions in Go: > Looking at their rationale, it is appears that one or more of the > primary go developers had to deal way too often with people who overuse > and abuse exceptions, so they are reverting to an almost chi

Re: Another "Go is Python-like" article.

2010-05-22 Thread Patrick Maupin
On May 22, 5:00 am, Michele Simionato wrote: > On May 21, 4:20 pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > What about Go, exactly, do people see as Python-like? > > The philosophy of keeping things simple. I find the concurrency > mechanism quite Pythonic. That's nice. > Moreover Go interfaces are quite aki

Re: Another "Go is Python-like" article.

2010-05-22 Thread Michele Simionato
On May 21, 4:20 pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > > What about Go, exactly, do people see as Python-like? The philosophy of keeping things simple. I find the concurrency mechanism quite Pythonic. Moreover Go interfaces are quite akin to Python duck typing, but better. There also things which are quite d

Re: Another "Go is Python-like" article.

2010-05-21 Thread sturlamolden
On 21 Mai, 16:20, Grant Edwards wrote: > I still don't get it. > > What about Go, exactly, do people see as Phython-like? > > Go doesn't seem to have any of the salient features (either syntactic > or semantic) of Python other than garbage collection. > > How is Go not just warmed-over Java? Go

Re: Another "Go is Python-like" article.

2010-05-21 Thread John Roth
On May 21, 8:20 am, Grant Edwards wrote: > In a recent Reg article, there's yet more yammering on about how Go is > somehow akin to Python -- referring to Go as a "Python-C++" crossbreed. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/go_in_production_at_google/ > > I still don't get it. > > What abo

Re: Another "Go is Python-like" article.

2010-05-21 Thread David Cournapeau
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > In a recent Reg article, there's yet more yammering on about how Go is > somehow akin to Python -- referring to Go as a "Python-C++" crossbreed. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/go_in_production_at_google/ > > I still don't get it

Another "Go is Python-like" article.

2010-05-21 Thread Grant Edwards
In a recent Reg article, there's yet more yammering on about how Go is somehow akin to Python -- referring to Go as a "Python-C++" crossbreed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/go_in_production_at_google/ I still don't get it. What about Go, exactly, do people see as Phython-like? Go does