I have all the necessary libreoffice modules installed in my Mint 18.1
system to allow me to write libreoffice calc macros in python.
I now have venv installed. If I try to import uno for a calc macro in it
I get an error that there is no uno module.
How can I get my venv to find uno and the
(First off, sorry in advance, as I’m not sure if this is the right place to
post my inquiry).
*Consumer level eye tracking - easy activation of virtual buttons without
touchscreen*
After using Autohotkey for remapping, I soon didn't have enough keyboard
buttons to attach macros and lin
On 16/11/2013 05:38, JL wrote:
On Saturday, November 16, 2013 8:22:25 AM UTC+8, Mark Lawrence wrote:
Yes but please don't top post. Actually print is a statement in Python
2 so your code should work if you use
from __future__ import print_function
at the top of your code.
Would you also be kin
15.11.13 06:57, Chris Angelico написав(ла):
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
Why would you want to? One of the most horrible things about C/C++ is
the preprocessor.
Hey, that's not fair! Without the preprocessor, how would you be able
to do this:
//Hide this part away in a
On Saturday, November 16, 2013 8:22:25 AM UTC+8, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> Yes but please don't top post. Actually print is a statement in Python
> 2 so your code should work if you use
> from __future__ import print_function
> at the top of your code.
> Would you also be kind enough to read and ac
On 16-11-2013 0:36, JL wrote:
> Thanks! This is the answer which I am seeking. However, I am not able to get
> the following line to work. I am using python 2.7.5
>
> debug_print = print
>
> Can we assign a function into a variable in this manner?
Yes, functions are just another object. But 'pr
Angelico wrote:
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:29 PM, JL wrote:
One of my favorite tools in C/C++ language is the preprocessor macros.
One example is switching certain print messages for debugging use only
#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLE
DEBUG_PRINT print
#else
DEBUG_PRINT
Is it
On 11/15/2013 6:36 PM, JL wrote:
Thanks! This is the answer which I am seeking. However, I am not able to get
the following line to work. I am using python 2.7.5
debug_print = print
Start your file with
from __future__ import print_function
and the above should work.
Oh, and please snip stuf
15, 2013 at 1:29 PM, JL wrote:
>
> > One of my favorite tools in C/C++ language is the preprocessor macros.
>
> >
>
> > One example is switching certain print messages for debugging use only
>
> >
>
> > #ifdef DEBUG_ENABLE
>
> > DEBUG_PRINT
On 15-11-2013 3:29, JL wrote:
> One of my favorite tools in C/C++ language is the preprocessor macros.
>
> One example is switching certain print messages for debugging use only
>
> #ifdef DEBUG_ENABLE
> DEBUG_PRINT print
> #else
> DEBUG_PRINT
>
> Is it possible
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> Why would you want to? One of the most horrible things about C/C++ is
> the preprocessor.
Hey, that's not fair! Without the preprocessor, how would you be able
to do this:
//Hide this part away in a header file somewhere
struct b0rkb0rk
{
In article ,
JL wrote:
> One of my favorite tools in C/C++ language is the preprocessor macros.
>
> One example is switching certain print messages for debugging use only
>
> #ifdef DEBUG_ENABLE
> DEBUG_PRINT print
> #else
> DEBUG_PRINT
>
> Is it possible to
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:29 PM, JL wrote:
> One of my favorite tools in C/C++ language is the preprocessor macros.
>
> One example is switching certain print messages for debugging use only
>
> #ifdef DEBUG_ENABLE
> DEBUG_PRINT print
> #else
> DEBUG_PRINT
>
&g
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 18:29:48 -0800 (PST), JL
wrote:
One of my favorite tools in C/C++ language is the preprocessor
macros.
One example is switching certain print messages for debugging use
only
#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLE
DEBUG_PRINT print
#else
DEBUG_PRINT
Is it possible to implement
One of my favorite tools in C/C++ language is the preprocessor macros.
One example is switching certain print messages for debugging use only
#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLE
DEBUG_PRINT print
#else
DEBUG_PRINT
Is it possible to implement something similar in python? Thank you.
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ntly working on implementing destructuring-pattern-matching on objects
(i.e. like in Haskell/Scala) and a clone of .NET's LINQ to SQL.
It's still very much a work in progress, but we have a list of pretty cool
macros already done, which shows off what you can do with it. If anyone else
was thin
Anyone here familiar with Messages from Python Macros?
Can you make that window Always on Top?
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On Nov 26, 2:30 pm, "Chris Rebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM, dpapathanasiou
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm using the feedparser library to extract data from rss feed items.
>
> > After I wrote this function, which returns a list of item titles, I
> > not
nction:
>
> def item_titles (feed_url):
> """Return a list of the item titles found in this feed url"""
> data = []
> feed = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
> if feed:
> if len(feed.version) > 0:
> for e in fee
dpapathanasiou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm using the feedparser library to extract data from rss feed items.
>
> After I wrote this function, which returns a list of item titles, I
> noticed that most item attributes would be retrieved the same way,
> i.e., the function would look exactly th
titles found in this feed url"""
data = []
feed = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
if feed:
if len(feed.version) > 0:
for e in feed.entries:
data.append(e.title.encode('utf-8'))
return data
No, there are no macros. Y
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM, dpapathanasiou
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using the feedparser library to extract data from rss feed items.
>
> After I wrote this function, which returns a list of item titles, I
> noticed that most item attributes would be retrieved the same way,
> i.e., th
I'm using the feedparser library to extract data from rss feed items.
After I wrote this function, which returns a list of item titles, I
noticed that most item attributes would be retrieved the same way,
i.e., the function would look exactly the same, except for the single
data.append line inside
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> The provided example macros seem to work: under the "Tools -> Macros ->
> Organize Macros -> Python..." menu, there is an entry named
> "OpenOffice.org Macros", and I can run the macros
Has anyone been able to run user-defined Python macros in OpenOffice.org
3.0? I had one in ~/.ooo-2.0/user/Scripts/python/try.py which did work
under Ooo2.x. So I put the same thing in ~/.ooo3/user/Scripts/python/, but
it will not show up in any macro dialog in Ooo 3.0.
The provided example
En Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:22:31 -0300, Ren ChunYi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
escribi�:
Does anyone here have some doc like WinCVS API? I'm reading WinCvs
integrated Macros, but someplace make me puzzle.
Better ask those questions in the WinCVS mailing list (or Yahoo gr
Hi,
Does anyone here have some doc like WinCVS API? I'm reading WinCvs integrated
Macros, but someplace make me puzzle.
And, is there Macro for listing all items with Tag name?
Thanks and best regards.
Ren Chunyi
Control Room and Resource Systems Department
BT FRONTLINE (Dalian) Co.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
>> Hey,
>>
>> I'm writing a script to generate code. I'm a bit tired of typing
>> outfile.write(). Does python have a way to
On 2007-05-06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm writing a script to generate code. I'm a bit tired of typing
> outfile.write(). Does python have a way to c-like macros? Every
> instance of o(...) in the code will be replaced by outfil
On May 7, 12:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm writing a script to generate code. I'm a bit tired of typing
> outfile.write(). Does python have a way to c-like macros? Every
> instance of o(...) in the code will be replaced by outfile.write(...)?
All in Py
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On May 7, 7:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm writing a script to generate code. I'm a bit tired of typing
> outfile.write(). Does python have a way to c-like macros? Every
> instance of o(...) in the code will be replaced by outfile.write(...)?
Functi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
> Hey,
>
> I'm writing a script to generate code. I'm a bit tired of typing
> outfile.write(). Does python have a way to c-like macros? Every
> instance of o(...) in the code will be replaced by outfile.write(...)?
First: Python has no mac
Hey,
I'm writing a script to generate code. I'm a bit tired of typing
outfile.write(). Does python have a way to c-like macros? Every
instance of o(...) in the code will be replaced by outfile.write(...)?
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Duane Rettig wrote:
> sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>>Hello
>>
>>The Lisp crowd always brags about their magical macros.
I used LISP back when LISP macros were popular.
You don't want to go there. It degrades readability
without impr
On May 1, 9:10 am, sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was
> wondering if it is possible to emulate some of the functionality in
> Python using a function decorator that evals Python code in the stack
> frame of the caller. The macro would then return a Python expression
> as a string. Gran
sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello
>
> The Lisp crowd always brags about their magical macros. I was
> wondering if it is possible to emulate some of the functionality in
> Python using a function decorator that evals Python code in the stack
> frame of the
Converge is a Python-style language with a macro facility. See
http://convergepl.org/
Pascal
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Closer to MOP & ContextL: http://common-lisp.net/project/closer/
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On May 1, 5:10 pm, sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello
>
> The Lisp crowd always brags about their magical macros. I was
> wondering if it is possible to emulate some of the functionality in
> Python using a function decorator that evals Python code in the stack
Hello
The Lisp crowd always brags about their magical macros. I was
wondering if it is possible to emulate some of the functionality in
Python using a function decorator that evals Python code in the stack
frame of the caller. The macro would then return a Python expression
as a string. Granted
Mike P wrote:
> After just running trying that update it hits the macro perfectly but
> hten i get an error message after i type in a couple of values.. as per
> below
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "", line 148, in ?
> File ">", line 14, in Run
> File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-pa
After just running trying that update it hits the macro perfectly but
hten i get an error message after i type in a couple of values.. as per
below
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 148, in ?
File ">", line 14, in Run
File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic
Thanks for your advice on this matter,
I'm actually using Excel 2003!! so it shows how much i know!
i did manage to get the prog to run with the line
xl.Application.Run("CTP.xla!sheet1.CTP")
but it didn't do anything... i'm guessing it is along the lines of wht
you were saying earlier about big
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Experts,
>
> Looking for a very quick bit on of advice on how to make some python
> code run. I'm a newbie to both VBA and Python, so i apologise if this
> is very easy but i'm about to tear my hair out after googling for the
> last 3 days.
>
> I have written a large
Hi Experts,
Looking for a very quick bit on of advice on how to make some python
code run. I'm a newbie to both VBA and Python, so i apologise if this
is very easy but i'm about to tear my hair out after googling for the
last 3 days.
I have written a large python script which inside of it create
e to
> edit some formulas and to generate an Excel worksheet with VBA macros
> within it. The script runs perfectlly in Office 2000, but in Office
> 2003 crash at line: "wbc = workbook.VBProject.VBComponents.Add(1)"
> Please help me :-(
Please consider helping yourself:
(1) S
dan_roman wrote:
> Hi,
> I developed a script with a nice interface in Tkinter that allows me to
> edit some formulas and to generate an Excel worksheet with VBA macros
> within it. The script runs perfectlly in Office 2000, but in Office
> 2003 cras
dan_roman wrote:
> Hi,
> I developed a script with a nice interface in Tkinter that allows me to
> edit some formulas and to generate an Excel worksheet with VBA macros
> within it. The script runs perfectlly in Office 2000, but in Office
> 2003 cras
Hi,
I developed a script with a nice interface in Tkinter that allows me to
edit some formulas and to generate an Excel worksheet with VBA macros
within it. The script runs perfectlly in Office 2000, but in Office
2003 crash at line: "wbc = workbook.VBProject.VBComponents.Add(1)"
Plea
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I presume you accidentally misdirected this to the wrong newsgroup.
Otherwise, it would be off-topic spam. In any case, you should learn how
to spell or use a spell-checker.
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macros are sort of like c macros but more powerful. they are the
manafestation of treating code like data. lisp code is just a textual
representation of a data structure that is the list. this means that
you can manipulate code to emulate structured controll constructs and
elemanate boilerplate
especially when many
>>>prominent Python devs seem to be well aware of Lisp where macros are
>>>done right.
>>
>> You have confused "many Python devs" with Guido. ;-) Guido hates
>> macros.
>
>I vaguelly recall hearing that Guido thought about addi
compiler...
David
Robert Kern wrote:
> David Pokorny wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Just wondering if anyone has considered macros for Python. I have one
>>good use case. In "R", the statistical programming language, you can
>>multiply matrices with A %*% B (
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:42:21 -0700, Robert Kern wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:23:43 -0700, David Pokorny wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Just wondering if anyone has considered macros for Python. I have one
>>>good use
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:23:43 -0700, David Pokorny wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Just wondering if anyone has considered macros for Python. I have one
>>good use case. In "R", the statistical programming language, you can
>>
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:23:43 -0700, David Pokorny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if anyone has considered macros for Python. I have one
> good use case. In "R", the statistical programming language, you can
> multiply matrices with A %*% B (A*B corresponds to pointwi
re readable. I would like "A dot B",
>> but even using ipython
>> I can only get as close as "dot A, B"
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> Dan Farina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/18/05 1:33 pm >>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> David
; but even using ipython
> I can only get as close as "dot A, B"
>
>
>>>> Dan Farina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/18/05 1:33 pm >>>
>>>>
> David Pokorny wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone has considered macr
ot;, but even
using ipython
I can only get as close as "dot A, B"
>>>Dan Farina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/18/05 1:33 pm >>>
David Pokorny wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just wondering if anyone has considered macros for Python. I have one
>good use case. In "R
David Pokorny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if anyone has considered macros for Python. I have one
> good use case. In "R", the statistical programming language, you can
> multiply matrices with A %*% B (A*B corresponds to pointwise
> multiplication). In Python
David Pokorny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if anyone has considered macros for Python. I have one
> good use case. In "R", the statistical programming language, you can
> multiply matrices with A %*% B (A*B corresponds to pointwise
> multiplication). In Python
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has considered macros for Python. I have one
good use case. In "R", the statistical programming language, you can
multiply matrices with A %*% B (A*B corresponds to pointwise
multiplication). In Python, I have to type
import Numeric
matrixmultiply(A
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > Well, his Viaweb company was founded in about '95, right? So he probably
just
> > used Lisp because Python wasn't as well known yet. ;-)
>
> David
>
> That is what I thought too. It makes sense but I wasn't sure. Still
> ain't.
> T
"Kay Schluehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kirk Job Sluder schrieb:
> > In what way do lisp macros prevent the creation of modular libraries?
> > Common Lisp does does have mechanisms for library namespaces, and in
> > practice a macro contained within
order of the language and an application should be
> > somehow fixed to enable those.
>
> In what way do lisp macros prevent the creation of modular libraries?
> Common Lisp does does have mechanisms for library namespaces, and in
> practice a macro contained within a library is n
t; somehow fixed to enable those.
In what way do lisp macros prevent the creation of modular libraries?
Common Lisp does does have mechanisms for library namespaces, and in
practice a macro contained within a library is not that much different
from a function contained in a library or a clas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
> I've been reading the beloved Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters".
> He claims he developed a web app at light speed using Lisp and lots
> of macros.
Yes, Paul is a postmodern hero who reininvents himself and his language
eve
"Antoon Pardon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'll clarify. A lot of the time I hear arguments against
> features that boils down to.
It seems that you've lost some of the intent during the boiling.
> 1) I don't need it.
Is that what you get out of the oft-used "
"Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "jayessay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 1. Someone recently remarked that good Lisp macros are basically
> > executable pseudo code. I think that is pretty mu
Terry Reedy wrote:
> "jayessay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>1. Someone recently remarked that good Lisp macros are basically
>> executable pseudo code. I think that is pretty much exactly right
>> and is a prett
"Antoon Pardon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'll clarify. A lot of the time I hear arguments against
> features that boils down to.
>
> 1) I don't need it.
>
> 2) Having the feature will make my job more difficult.
>
> 3) I don't understand the merrits of the fea
"jayessay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 1. Someone recently remarked that good Lisp macros are basically
> executable pseudo code. I think that is pretty much exactly right
> and is a pretty good "sound bite" disti
Op 2005-07-07, Philippe C. Martin schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
> Almost sounds like a racist comment - sorry if I misunderstood
I'll clarify. A lot of the time I hear arguments against
features that boils down to.
1) I don't need it.
2) Having the feature will make my job more difficul
Almost sounds like a racist comment - sorry if I misunderstood
Antoon Pardon wrote:
> Op 2005-07-06, Michele Simionato schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Fuzzyman:
>>> So Lisp is for really good programmers, and Python is for
>>> mediocre programmers ?
>>
>>
>> Python is *also* for mediocre p
Rocco Moretti wrote:
> Actually, Google's answer to that question is something called "ILOG
> CPLEX",
We use this. It's a library / command line tool (not a language) for
doing optimization - linear programming, quadratic programming,
mixed-integer programming etc. Very cool and very, very
)
5.functions and types as first class objects
6.interactive development.
The differences:
1.Macros : Macros are extremely powerful and a double edges sword. Dont
believe anyone (whether they praise them or abhor them). Go and learn
them and decide for yourself.
2.Readability : Python is generally
François Pinard wrote:
> My feeling at the time was that Scheme is a very fast language to write
> into, and in which one can implement new concepts cleanly and compactly.
> Maybe Python is a bit slower to write, but this is compensated by the
> fact Python is more legible when it comes to later ma
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've been reading the beloved Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters".
> He claims he developed a web app at light speed using Lisp and lots
> of macros.
That was the original "yahoo store"
On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 08:27:55 -0500,
Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[ reusable, stable, debugged, and documented libraries are a Good
Thing ]
Absolutely.
Two related stories from my days working as a software engineer for a
large telecomm company. Both stories begin with the annual r
Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>The problem is that questions like 'What lang is fastest to develop
>>in?'
>>are hard to answer definitively.
>
>
> FWIW, Google's answer to that question is C++, Java, and Python. For
> any given problem, any of the three are acceptable.
[Raymond Hettinger]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > It got me curious if Lisp is inherently faster to develop complex
> > apps in.
> With Lisp or Forth, a master programmer has unlimited power and
> expressiveness. With Python, even a regular guy can reach for the
> stars.
A few years ago, I m
Tom Anderson wrote:
> Perhaps the real question, then, is which language allows you to delete
> lines of code most quickly.
No, then the question becomes "which language allows you to quickly
write very many lines of code which then have to be deleted".
Of course, writing those lines manually w
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Mike Meyer wrote:
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>> Well, his Viaweb company was founded in about '95, right? So he
>>> probably just used Lisp because Python wasn't as well known yet. ;-)
>>
>> That is what I thought too. It makes sense but I wasn't sur
Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You don't say how long it took to develop the "macros" but
> you should see what kind of website an experienced Zope/Plone
> programmer can whip up in a few minutes.
Zope/Plone (as frameworks) represent exactly the kinds of
You don't say how long it took to develop the "macros" but
you should see what kind of website an experienced Zope/Plone
programmer can whip up in a few minutes.
Acceleration in programming has always been about the "Standard
Library" (not only Python's standard
Op 2005-07-06, Michele Simionato schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Fuzzyman:
>> So Lisp is for really good programmers, and Python is for
>> mediocre programmers ?
>
>
> Python is *also* for mediocre programmers. I see this as a
> strength, not as a weakness.
But sometimes I get the impression people
Fair enough ;-)
I'd like to discover the power of Lisp, but I have a limited amount of
time to sink into programming... so maybe I'm better off putting my
energies and imagination into Python.
*A language is a medium of expression.* - Paul Graham
All the best.
Fuzzy
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/
On 6 Jul 2005 00:30:34 -0700, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> With Lisp or Forth, a master programmer has unlimited power and
> expressiveness. With Python, even a regular guy can reach for the
> stars.
+1 QOTW
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Fuzzyman:
> So Lisp is for really good programmers, and Python is for
> mediocre programmers ?
Python is *also* for mediocre programmers. I see this as a
strength, not as a weakness.
Michele Simionato
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So Lisp is for really good programmers, and Python is for mediocre
programmers ?
Best Regards,
Fuzzy
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The problem is that questions like 'What lang is fastest to develop
> in?'
> are hard to answer definitively.
FWIW, Google's answer to that question is C++, Java, and Python. For
any given problem, any of the three are acceptable. Each programmer or
engineering team ge
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been reading the beloved Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters".
> He claims he developed a web app at light speed using Lisp and lots
> of macros.
>
> It got me curious if Lisp
> is inherently faster to develop complex a
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Well, his Viaweb company was founded in about '95, right? So he probably just
>> used Lisp because Python wasn't as well known yet. ;-)
>
> David
>
> That is what I thought too. It makes sense but I wasn't sure. Still
> ain't.
> The problem is t
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've been reading the beloved Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters".
> He claims he developed a web app at light speed using Lisp and lots
> of macros.
>
> It got me curious if Lisp
> is inhere
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The problem is that questions like 'What lang is fastest to develop
> in?' are hard to answer definitively.
That's because the answer depends on lots of context such what is the
problem domain and who is the programmer. Really, it's an impossible
question to answer.
> Well, his Viaweb company was founded in about '95, right? So he probably just
> used Lisp because Python wasn't as well known yet. ;-)
David
That is what I thought too. It makes sense but I wasn't sure. Still
ain't.
The problem is that questions like 'What lang is fastest to develop
in?'
are
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> I've been reading the beloved Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters".
> He claims he developed a web app at light speed using Lisp and lots
> of macros.
>
> It got me curious if Lisp
> is inherently faster to develop complex apps in
Very hard to say.
LISP has OOP too, Google for CLOS.
Operator overloading is something to avoid anyway, IMHO, just like
static typing is something to avoid if you need fast development, on
schedule and the like.
LISP has one thing that Python does not have: LISP code is LISP data.
A thorough stu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been reading the beloved Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters".
> He claims he developed a web app at light speed using Lisp and lots
> of macros.
>
> It got me curious if Lisp
> is inherently faster to develop complex apps in
I've been reading the beloved Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters".
He claims he developed a web app at light speed using Lisp and lots
of macros.
It got me curious if Lisp
is inherently faster to develop complex apps in. It would seem if you
could create your own language
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