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Why not just write Python in Python instead ;)?
by jergosh 16y ago
Why not just write Python in Python instead ;)?
- gamache 16y agoOr write Perl in Perl. Some languages allow code not only "as pretty as Python", but even prettier.
- jergosh 16y agoSome do ;)
- DrSprout 16y agoI like my braces ;}. Also, Perl 5 is feature-stable, and probably always will be. Python is in this 2.x-3.x limbo right now where it's difficult to find libraries that are going to work as-is for much longer. If you write a Perl application well, maintenance will as easy as reasonably possible, which I think is the only real measure of a good language. Most of the 'ease of use' problems disappear once you know what you're doing, and the language learning curve is a relatively small part of a programmer's life-cycle.
- jergosh 16y agoThat's a rather twisted reasoning, with Perl 6 on the doorstep ;)
- gamache 16y agoPerl 6 is not meant to interoperate directly with Perl 5. It's not an incremental update in any way. IMO, it would be a lot clearer if Perl 6 weren't called Perl.
- sigzero 16y agoI agree totally. Perl6 is to Perl5 what VB.NET was to VB6. They aren't the same.
- nailer 16y agoSo all the Perl programmers are going to find other jobs like the VB guys did?
- chromatic 16y agoPerl 6 is not meant to interoperate directly with Perl 5. Indeed it is.
- gamache 16y agoThat's fair; I should have phrased that better. Here's your chance. :)
- MWinther 16y agoSince 2.x is just as feature stable and was just released in the last incarnation (2.7) before an "extended maintenance period", I do believe the limbo you speak of isn't an issue for anyone actually using Python. I can imagine it looking worrisome from the outside, though.
- docgnome 16y agoCPAN. CPAN is fricking awesome.