Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!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 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'languages.': 0.04; 'subject:Open': 0.05; '"the': 0.07; 'received:209.85.219': 0.09; 'subject:Source': 0.09; 'url:blog': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; 'it."': 0.16; 'it."': 0.16; 'libraries.': 0.16; 'nowadays': 0.16; 'rarely': 0.16; 'looked': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'programming': 0.22; 'to:name:python-list@python.org': 0.22; 'install': 0.23; 'library,': 0.24; 'loved': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'developers': 0.25; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'libraries': 0.31; 'mid': 0.31; 'node': 0.31; 'community': 0.33; '"the': 0.34; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'itself': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'easy': 0.60; 'subject:The': 0.64; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'article': 0.77; 'it\x92s': 0.84; 'serious': 0.97 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=CiIQEpRO4kM5PfpkqcbYhATqDBA1Ve4G8JZJc7vLPDs=; b=jbe9aYAlZw6Usy334eDKx/8CrDwlZfw4UTYuvvTRpD2Kc9FIePMrPSIbqSUohLEdEa Djua389rxUVBqzMM8uBxouQiA0auZdPhycYY8nJ4kp/xhdwGC4lGPWaKLU2klnB3A6OS Pvc3qx4qBL3dAHgp/jIeYgDHl0bilVVlbh0yzFXD/60mi0wFzUS6JuiPzjiLMby4O+0S q111Msz9a4Z7OorjxHieMgVru0hYQMso0pJSBe29z5sKEpdiAavwcEH1bk6NOb2zTDrC MuQWcp7G+mpgZyUzhB40dS9AJGiXDR79ikN9CcKqh7ZgypJhefMUj6nhsmENrgS1WJBi j5Xg== X-Received: by 10.182.40.202 with SMTP id z10mr1001177obk.74.1366128151506; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:02:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Rodrick Brown Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:02:01 -0400 Subject: The node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source To: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c32db630365e04da7c7f5d 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: 51 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1366128153 news.xs4all.nl 2692 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36393 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:43678 --001a11c32db630365e04da7c7f5d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I came across this article which sums up some of the issues I have with modern programming languages. I've never really looked at Javascript for anything serious or Node itself but I found this article really informational. "The =93Batteries included=94 philosophy of Python was definitely the right approach during the mid 90=92s and one of the reasons that I loved Python s= o much; this was a time before modern package management, and before it was easy to find and install community-created libraries. Nowadays though I think it=92s counter-productive. Developers in the community rarely want t= o bother trying to compete with the standard library, so people are less likely to try to write libraries that improve upon it." http://caines.ca/blog/programming/the-node-js-community-is-quietly-changing= -the-face-of-open-source/ --001a11c32db630365e04da7c7f5d Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I came across this article which sums up some o= f the issues I have with modern programming languages. I've never reall= y looked at Javascript for anything serious or Node itself but I found this= article really informational.=A0

"The =93Batteries included=94 philosophy of Python was definit= ely the right approach during the mid 90=92s and one of the reasons that I = loved Python so much; this was a time before modern package management, and= before it was easy to find and install community-created libraries. =A0Now= adays though I think it=92s counter-productive. =A0Developers in the commun= ity rarely want to bother trying to compete with the standard library, so p= eople are less likely to try to write libraries that improve upon it."=


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