Re: Python features

2005-05-13 Thread Edvard Majakari
"Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > does that apply to sturgeon's law itself? > > (fwiw, this is of course why google displays 10 results on the > first page. according to the law, one of them is always exactly > what you want). + 1 QOTW :-) -- # Edvard Majakari Software

Re: Python features

2005-05-13 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Andrew Dalke wrote: > Peter Dembinski wrote: >> If you want to redirect me to Google, don't bother. IMO ninety percent >> of writings found on WWW is just a garbage. > > Sturgeon's law: Ninety percent of everything is crap. does that apply to sturgeon's law itself? (fwiw, this is of course why

Re: Python features

2005-05-12 Thread Andrew Dalke
Peter Dembinski wrote: > If you want to redirect me to Google, don't bother. IMO ninety percent > of writings found on WWW is just a garbage. Sturgeon's law: Ninety percent of everything is crap. Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http

Re: Python features

2005-05-12 Thread Lonnie Princehouse
> Quoting from that link: > There are three main types of programming languages. > > * Imperative > * Functional > * Declarative > Aren't functional languages a subset of declarative? (c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declarative_programming) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: Python features

2005-05-12 Thread david . tolpin
> There are three main types of programming languages. > > * Imperative > * Functional > * Declarative > animals are divided into: * those that belong to the Emperor, * embalmed ones, * those that are trained, * suckling pigs, * mermaids, * fabulous ones, * stray dogs, * those incl

Re: Python features

2005-05-12 Thread Gary D. Duzan
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Dembinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Sun, 08 May 2005 10:02:42 +0200, André Roberge ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Imperative programming languages are the most commonly used languages. >> Examples of this type of language are C, C++, Ada, Fortra

Re: Python features

2005-05-12 Thread Peter Dembinski
On Sun, 08 May 2005 10:02:42 +0200, Andrà Roberge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > google for "python" and "functional"; first link: > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-prog.html [...] > Imperative programming languages are the most commonly used languages. > Examples

Re: Python features

2005-05-08 Thread André Roberge
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To which degree python language support features of following langauage > categories? > > Imperative, Object Oriented, Scriptig or Functional. > Sounds like a homework assignment to me How about your do some research on your own, like the following: google for