Re: Q: functional/equational language, smells a little of Python

2005-06-05 Thread Kay Schluehr
John J. Lee wrote: > "Kay Schluehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > > I'm curious why do you think that it "smells like Python"? Because of > > "batteries included"? > > Partly that and the mention of dynamic typing, plus harder-to-pin down > things. > > I didn't mean to say that it was close

Re: Q: functional/equational language, smells a little of Python

2005-06-05 Thread Robin Becker
John J. Lee wrote: > > What's a fast object library? > ferrarilib :) -- Robin Becker -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Q: functional/equational language, smells a little of Python

2005-06-05 Thread John J. Lee
"Kay Schluehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > I'm curious why do you think that it "smells like Python"? Because of > "batteries included"? Partly that and the mention of dynamic typing, plus harder-to-pin down things. I didn't mean to say that it was close kin to Python, just that on first

Re: Q: functional/equational language, smells a little of Python

2005-06-05 Thread Kay Schluehr
John J. Lee wrote: > Saw this on LWN: > > http://q-lang.sourceforge.net/ > > > Looks interesting, and reminiscent of symbolic algebra systems like > Mathematica. Also, the website mentions dynamic typing and "Batteries > Included", which made me think of Python. Damned silly name, though > (per

Q: functional/equational language, smells a little of Python

2005-06-04 Thread John J. Lee
Saw this on LWN: http://q-lang.sourceforge.net/ Looks interesting, and reminiscent of symbolic algebra systems like Mathematica. Also, the website mentions dynamic typing and "Batteries Included", which made me think of Python. Damned silly name, though (perhaps pre-Google?). Anybody here use