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| From | John J Lee <jjl@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Abandoning Python |
| References | <87ipt46okh.fsf@pobox.com> <mailman.1892.1306027529.9059.python-list@python.org> |
| Message-ID | <87sjs6enhq.fsf@pobox.com> (permalink) |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2011-05-22 16:58 +0100 |
Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:49 AM, John J Lee <jjl@pobox.com> wrote: >> Here's my wishlist (not really in any order): > > How come pony is not listed there? Language cannot be better than > python without pony! Pony, absolutely. I took that as read. >> * An even larger user base, contributing more and better free and >> commercial software. [...] > As there is rather heavy inertia in software development community, > expecting some language to acquire "even larger user base" is > hopeless. I did say I was prepared to compromise on that one. After all, when I started using Python it was a lot smaller that it is now. If a language is good enough to tempt me away from Python, probably the same is true for other people too -- as it was with Python a decade or so ago. > Also, most of these complaints could be solved by using correct python > dialect for particular task - RPython, Cython and so on. Different topic. John
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Abandoning Python John J Lee <jjl@pobox.com> - 2011-05-21 16:49 +0100
Re: Abandoning Python John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> - 2011-05-21 11:00 -0500
Re: Abandoning Python Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 12:25 +1100
Re: Abandoning Python John J Lee <jjl@pobox.com> - 2011-05-22 16:58 +0100
Re: Abandoning Python Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-05-22 19:55 +0200
Re: Abandoning Python John Lee <jjl@pobox.com> - 2011-05-22 18:26 +0000
Re: Abandoning Python Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 12:27 +1100
Re: Abandoning Python John Lee <jjl@pobox.com> - 2011-05-22 17:11 +0000
Re: Abandoning Python John Lee <jjl@pobox.com> - 2011-05-22 17:33 +0000
Re: Abandoning Python Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-24 21:45 -0700
Re: Abandoning Python harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-27 09:34 -0500
Re: Abandoning Python John Lee <jjl@pobox.com> - 2011-05-22 21:01 +0000
Re: Abandoning Python John Lee <jjl@pobox.com> - 2011-05-22 21:19 +0000
Re: Abandoning Python Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 10:16 +1100
Re: Abandoning Python Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2011-05-23 11:45 +0100
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