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

the whole 'batteries included' idea

2006-04-20 Thread John Salerno
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 been used seems to suggest