Re: Defending Python

2005-07-13 Thread Brett g Porter
Jorey Bump wrote: > > Monty Python's Flying Circus used to begin with "It's..." I had read at one > time that "It's" was one of the original names proposed for the > troupe/show, although I can't seem to find verification. "In fact, one of the titles of the show was 'It's', so he must have be

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-12 Thread Andrew Durdin
On 7/13/05, Jorey Bump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> The larch! > > IT'S A TREE ... not a shrubbery? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-12 Thread Jorey Bump
>> Jorey Bump wrote: >> >>> Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> it's. >>> +1 for this becoming the official name of Python 3000. ;) Monty Python's Flying Circus used to begin with "It's..." I had read at one time that "It's" was one of the original names proposed f

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-11 Thread Lucas Raab
Peter Hansen wrote: > Jorey Bump wrote: > >> Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> it's. >> >> >> +1 for this becoming the official name of Python 3000. ;) >> >> And now for something completely different... >> >> The larch! > > > Sorry, already taken: > > '''Larch - John Guttag

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-10 Thread Peter Hansen
Jorey Bump wrote: > Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>it's. > > +1 for this becoming the official name of Python 3000. ;) > > And now for something completely different... > > The larch! Sorry, already taken: '''Larch - John Guttag and Jim Horning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. The Larch

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-10 Thread Jorey Bump
Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Jorey Bump a écrit : >> Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> >>>Grant Edwards a écrit : >>> On 2005-07-09, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>folks as an easily acqui

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-10 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Jorey Bump a écrit : > Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > >>Grant Edwards a écrit : >> >>>On 2005-07-09, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >folks as an easily acquired extra skill. I agree 100% with your statement above. Python

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-09 Thread Jorey Bump
Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Grant Edwards a écrit : >> On 2005-07-09, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> folks as an easily acquired extra skill. >>> >>>I agree 100% with your statement above. Python may not be sufficient >>>for being the

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-09 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Grant Edwards a écrit : > On 2005-07-09, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>folks as an easily acquired extra skill. >> >>I agree 100% with your statement above. Python may not be sufficient >>for being the only programming language that one needs to know -- yet, >>it does come in VERY ha

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2005-07-09, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > folks as an easily acquired extra skill. > > I agree 100% with your statement above. Python may not be sufficient > for being the only programming language that one needs to know -- yet, > it does come in VERY handy for projects that need to p

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-09 Thread Brian
Raymond Hettinger wrote: > So, I would recommend Python to these > folks as an easily acquired extra skill. I agree 100% with your statement above. Python may not be sufficient for being the only programming language that one needs to know -- yet, it does come in VERY handy for projects that

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-09 Thread Donn Cave
Quoth Dave Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | On 2005-07-08, Charlie Calvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | |> I perhaps rather foolishly wrote two article that mentioned Python as a |> good alternative language to more popular tools such as C# or Java. I | | Sounds like a really hidebound bunch over ther

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-09 Thread Raymond Hettinger
The posts do share an erroneous, implied assumption that the investment in learning each language is equal. Python has a strong competitive advantage over Java and C++ in terms of learnability. A person can get up to speed in a few days with Python. That certainly is not true for C++ which is mo

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-09 Thread Dave Cook
On 2005-07-08, Charlie Calvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I perhaps rather foolishly wrote two article that mentioned Python as a > good alternative language to more popular tools such as C# or Java. I Sounds like a really hidebound bunch over there. Good luck. Dave Cook -- http://mail.pyt

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-08 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Charlie Calvert wrote: > I perhaps rather foolishly wrote two article that mentioned Python as a > good alternative language to more popular tools such as C# or Java. I > encountered more resistance than I had expected. If someone who really > knows a lot about Python would like to go over to t