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I've always wondered why so many of these usability niceties have been available yet neglected soooo long, while the language as a whole has progressed so much?
by digisign 13y ago
I've always wondered why so many of these usability niceties have been available yet neglected soooo long, while the language as a whole has progressed so much? There are plenty more of these, like interpreter history and adding pip to the stdlib.
On Windows it's even worse, newbies have to figure out how to get it in their path and hunt-down important libraries.
- tshepang 13y agoThe mystery goes away once you start reading python-dev and watching bugs.python.org... people find it hard to agree on the right way to do things. It takes a lot of energy for the bigger changes to go in, and many of those with the energy are busy working on other things, while the Issues rot. CPython needs more contributors (as does so many volunteer software projects).
- mixmastamyk 13y agoHmm, they might take a cue from the Active State distribution, who has done a lot of things right.
- mixmastamyk 13y agoBTW, are you implying/do you think I could get some of these in with some enthusiasm and a bit of work (given they've been implemented for a decade).
- tshepang 13y agoYou have a better chance of success if you try. Even respected core developers, including Guido himself, fail to get stuff they want in. So, no, it's no guarantee.