Re: the whole 'batteries included' idea

2006-04-21 Thread Ben Sizer
John Salerno wrote: > Pardon my naivety, you would think maybe I'd understand this by now, but > I've always kind of wondered about it. I've been curious why one of the > biggest points used to promote Python is that it has "batteries > included." True, this is a great feature, but the way it's bee

Re: the whole 'batteries included' idea

2006-04-20 Thread Jarek Zgoda
John Salerno napisaƂ(a): > So my question is, what is the difference between Python's 'batteries' > (standard modules), and C#'s framework? I know nothing of Java, but I > assume it has its own rich (and confusing) set of classes as well. Is > there something different about other languages' libra

Re: the whole 'batteries included' idea

2006-04-20 Thread Larry Bates
John Salerno wrote: > Pardon my naivety, you would think maybe I'd understand this by now, but > I've always kind of wondered about it. I've been curious why one of the > biggest points used to promote Python is that it has "batteries > included." True, this is a great feature, but the way it's bee