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Re: GO vs Python

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Subject Re: GO vs Python
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In article <d8811b7e-fc37-447c-848d-f3bd314aff5e@googlegroups.com>,
 Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

> Heh! You make it sound that the character model is the most important thing
> in choosing a language!
> There are people using Fortran -- with not intention of finding
> an alternative.

Different people have different needs.  If I was writing code to do 
number crunching, I wouldn't care much if I could only print 7-bit 
ascii.  If I was writing code to serve music on the web and had to 
display artist names like Mötley Crüe and Beyoncé, I would be more 
concerned about the character model.

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Re: GO vs Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 13:41 +1000
  Re: GO vs Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 01:01 -0700
    Re: GO vs Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-25 11:52 +0300
    Re: GO vs Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 19:48 +1000
    Re: GO vs Python Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-08-25 08:06 -0400
      Re: GO vs Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 05:24 -0700
        Re: GO vs Python Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 08:13 -0600
          Re: GO vs Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-25 17:26 +0300
            Re: GO vs Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 07:38 -0700
              Re: GO vs Python Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 16:44 +0200
                Re: GO vs Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-25 18:04 +0300
                Re: GO vs Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-25 17:40 +0100
        Re: GO vs Python Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> - 2014-08-25 16:32 +0200
        Re: GO vs Python Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-08-25 21:21 -0400

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