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Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs

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Date 2013-12-06 04:46 +1100
Subject Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>> It's like an argument my boss and I had: I said that PHP is a bad language, and
>> he said that it can't possibly be a bad language because he's able to
>> write good code in it.
>
> PHP is a disaster of a language.  But, like any bad tool, a good craftsman can produce a quality product with it.  Wikipedia is written in PHP.  So, apparently, is gmane :-)  As much as I loathe working with PHP, I have to admit that if you can build a product like Wikipedia on it, it must have some redeeming qualities.

Right. And the fact that Wikipedia can be written in PHP is not itself
proof that it's a good language. You and Rusi are fighting against
GG's faults and not entirely succeeding, as your paragraphs come out
unwrapped; that's possibly the least of the GG woes, but it's one of
the first clues that someone's replies are likely to be double-spaced.

A good tool does most of your work for you. A bad tool has to be
fought every inch of the way. Sometimes a tool is good but wrongly
chosen (don't use DeScribe Macro Language for writing a GUI - drop to
REXX for that!), but some tools have no good use at all.

ChrisA

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Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Michael Herrmann <michael.herrmann@heliumhq.com> - 2013-12-05 02:14 -0800
  Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-05 02:56 -0800
    Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2013-12-05 07:32 -0800
    Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Michael Herrmann <michael.herrmann@heliumhq.com> - 2013-12-05 07:41 -0800
    Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-06 03:20 +1100
      Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-05 09:12 -0800
        Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-06 04:46 +1100
        Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Zero Piraeus <z@etiol.net> - 2013-12-05 14:50 -0300
        Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-05 18:18 +0000
        Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-12-05 18:28 +0000
    Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-05 17:22 +0000
    Official discussion forum for a project (was: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-12-06 08:56 +1100
  Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-05 09:09 -0500
    Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Michael Herrmann <michael.herrmann@heliumhq.com> - 2013-12-05 07:49 -0800
      Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs random832@fastmail.us - 2013-12-05 10:52 -0500
        Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs mherrmann.at@gmail.com - 2013-12-05 08:24 -0800
  Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com> - 2013-12-05 10:26 -0500
    Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Michael Herrmann <michael.herrmann@heliumhq.com> - 2013-12-05 07:50 -0800
      Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com> - 2013-12-05 11:03 -0500
      Re: Packaging a proprietary Python library for multiple OSs Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com> - 2013-12-06 10:35 -0500

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