Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: naughty Python Date: 29 Dec 2025 17:09:36 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <10i8usb$2oo2c$3@dont-email.me> <10icd30$2ck7$1@gal.iecc.com> <10idu04$7inn$1@dont-email.me> <10if4lo$jr1h$1@dont-email.me> <6decndo7ib2Df8z0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net /RkmRCkgo2mmSL+VOWB7OA/eL2d91KuhwJP1U3sDUbdPJFmaDS Cancel-Lock: sha1:otuNYcOH8/Zt4FfDz7fLFLMUaTM= sha256:wMNmrTPtcqUL/tJlQRMrV8tZSsIJOIE+HfC2CsOTGYU= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80059 alt.folklore.computers:232868 On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:31:52 -0500, c186282 wrote: > Some of my people were caught up in that. VBA was suddenly replaced > by Python. > > NOT the worst move by ESRI in my opinion. VBA was capable but More > Clunky and TOO MICROSOFT. Esri had their own scripting language Avenue that was used with ArcView 3. ArcView was replaced with ArcGIS in 2000 although they sometimes still referred to it as ArcView. Esri has recycled product names or come up with new names for products to keep people guessing. VBA became the new preferred scripting language for ArcGIS up until 10.2 in 2014 iirc. Python 2.7 was also used and became the language up until 10.9.1. THe transition to ArcGIS Pro dropped the entire ArcGIS 32 bit products and went to Python 3.8. All of those transitions were met with weeping and gnashing of teeth. Even ArcGIS 8 to ArcGIS 9 broke a lot of existing models. Jack Dangermond had made no secret that Esri was headed toward the clouds for years. I was surprised when I was doing a query when the pulldown for the scripting language still offered Avenue.