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Re: Python development tools

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Date 2013-06-24 20:03 -0700
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Subject Re: Python development tools
From rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>

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On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 8:09:19 AM UTC+5:30, MRAB wrote:


> And convenience for the programmer.
> 
> """Manipulating long texts using variable-length strings? Yes, I know 
> it's inefficient, but it's still faster than doing it by hand!"""

Well... did not say it because it tends to be emotionally charged :-)
C programmers find C convenient.
Haskell programmers find monads convenient
Python programmers are (increasingly) finding OOP convenient

> Automating tasks, e.g. controlling other applications and stringing 
> together tasks that you would otherwise be doing by hand.

Yes scripting is more programmer oriented as against GUIs which are more user oriented.
Related: scripting is more FP-ish, whereas GUIs are more OOP-ish.
A shell pipeline is really function composition in different syntax and a back-quoted command is close to a higher-order function.
By contrast a windows user clicks on a 'doc' and it just 'opens'
Many of them dont exactly know the diff between a doc and MsWord.
And even a supposed programmer (like yours truly) has a hell of a time finding the executable when needed.

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Python development tools cutems93 <ms2597@cornell.edu> - 2013-06-23 13:40 -0700
  Re: Python development tools Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 22:19 +0000
  Re: Python development tools rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-06-23 16:18 -0700
    Re: Python development tools Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 19:49 -0400
      Re: Python development tools rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-06-23 17:16 -0700
        Re: Python development tools Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 20:22 -0400
          Re: Python development tools Tim Chase <python.list@thechases.com> - 2013-06-23 19:54 -0500
            Re: Python development tools Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 21:16 -0400
        Re: Python development tools CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 17:41 -0700
    Re: Python development tools rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 20:17 -0700
  Re: Python development tools Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-24 00:28 +0000
    Re: Python development tools rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 20:13 -0700
  Re: Python development tools Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 19:41 -0600
  Re: Python development tools CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 22:19 -0700
  Re: Python development tools cutems93 <ms2597@cornell.edu> - 2013-06-23 22:34 -0700
    Re: Python development tools rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 23:13 -0700
      Re: Python development tools Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-06-24 16:20 +1000
        Re: Python development tools rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 23:36 -0700
          Re: Python development tools Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-06-25 09:11 +1000
            Re: Python development tools rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-24 19:24 -0700
              Re: Python development tools MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-06-25 03:39 +0100
                Re: Python development tools rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-24 20:03 -0700
                Re: Python development tools Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-25 13:36 +0000
  Re: Python development tools Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-24 14:28 +0000
    Re: Python development tools Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-06-25 07:36 +1000
  Re: Python development tools Wolfgang Keller <feliphil@gmx.net> - 2013-06-24 19:15 +0200
  Re: Python development tools Reed Xia <huaqin2005@gmail.com> - 2013-06-24 19:21 -0700

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