Re: hello from colombia

2008-11-30 Thread Tim Rowe
2008/11/27 fel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > that's a lot of bytes for "do your own homework" > but thanks, I'll do it. It also included "You haven't defined the issue precisely enough" :-) -- Tim Rowe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: hello from colombia

2008-11-26 Thread fel
On Nov 26, 8:19 pm, "Tim Rowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/26 fel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > how can I convince them that Python is better > > You can't, because it isn't. you are right, it isn't, but for the particular task at hand (DB Sybase programming) I feel somehow that the team i

Re: hello from colombia

2008-11-26 Thread Tim Rowe
2008/11/26 fel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > how can I convince them that Python is better You can't, because it isn't. I'd better explain that, before I'm lynched. The thing is, no language is better than another language. A language is better than another language *for a particular purpose*. SPARK Ada

Re: hello from colombia

2008-11-26 Thread alex23
On Nov 27, 8:25 am, fel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > perhaps a python advocacy page? http://www.google.com/search?q=python advocacy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: hello from colombia

2008-11-26 Thread bearophileHUGS
fel: > they are starting a new project (insurance stuff) using Java, and I > just hate that eventually I'l be debugging someone-else's java code > how can I convince them that Python is better, and get them to re- > think their strategy? The choice of the language for a program isn't easy. Maintai

Re: hello from colombia

2008-11-26 Thread fel
On Nov 26, 5:17 pm, r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 26, 2:58 pm, fel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I work in a small software company using php all day, I wish the usage > > of Python was more common within my company > > they are starting a new project (insurance stuff) using Java, and I

Re: hello from colombia

2008-11-26 Thread r
On Nov 26, 2:58 pm, fel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I work in a small software company using php all day, I wish the usage > of Python was more common within my company > they are starting a new project (insurance stuff) using Java, and I > just hate that eventually I'l be debugging someone-else's

hello from colombia

2008-11-26 Thread fel
I work in a small software company using php all day, I wish the usage of Python was more common within my company they are starting a new project (insurance stuff) using Java, and I just hate that eventually I'l be debugging someone-else's java code how can I convince them that Python is better, a