Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed1.swip.net!uio.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.098 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.81; '*S*': 0.01; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'python': 0.11; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'gobject': 0.16; 'subject:Java': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'properly': 0.19; "python's": 0.19; 'examples': 0.20; "haven't": 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'there.': 0.32; 'linux': 0.33; 'worked': 0.33; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; '(2)': 0.35; 'done.': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; '(3)': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'contemporary': 0.60; "you're": 0.61; 'more': 0.64; 'dont': 0.67; 'believe': 0.68; '4:26': 0.84; 'examples.': 0.84; 'rusi': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=cdYtrtHFfT5g0aQSVDp79Nu1jRduA38dVzR0rnjoX/s=; b=lCNTA9B2F89vURf24ym0tuC6UOKpEs01LID2EpzUA9DkhCiM6umakPxOmQ7XMchqw6 xwb/JgprvVr9WxmPrkwycJBfCs5+3PfG3I+V7aq9Pfc4WCLT/z8GHK/Jf6l5IYn8M2BV 1uuUiGBLWvIIRtHqbKZnTGGgn03a9+H9r0SmcEx34L7esxcXOLtVdmFbp8CfGS1M1Ljv CJetER0USXnBS74tUZ134o6ImQ8oqwtWZUgo/RDrFPAHQ4K0NCcSwnU4dNrmYpJbptrX 1Z4PDin38tRgAhBkKQbSHkEp7dqayTeOfz823lVyRf0zzP+mDHFG8ABmZceIPs7HDAag GyIA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.55.227 with SMTP id v3mr4374715vep.16.1382160943482; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:35:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7b1b5852-a213-4a45-bb9b-2a840c183a57@googlegroups.com> References: <0a9761bd-4f1c-48a9-a3c5-9424f2e99f2e@googlegroups.com> <7b1b5852-a213-4a45-bb9b-2a840c183a57@googlegroups.com> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:35:43 +1100 Subject: Re: Python was designed (was Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java) From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 10 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382160952 news.xs4all.nl 15863 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:39075 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57087 On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 4:26 PM, rusi wrote: > 3 examples were given (1) python's C implementation (2) OS/2 (3) Linux kernel > About 2 I dont know anything though I believe gdk and gobject are more contemporary examples. Good point, I believe you're right there. I haven't worked with GTK/GDK in C, but when poking around the docs to work out how to use them in Python or Pike, I've seen something of how it's done. And yes, they're polymorphic and properly object oriented. ChrisA