Text Processing in Python. The proposal even cites Dave's book
Heh! Well they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Wonder if it had anything to do with this post from a Python mailing list.
Re:Python
rjray on 2002-03-15T22:40:31
One wonder at what point Python will find some richer and more nuanced way to define itself other than just 'like Perl, but not Perl'.I do not exagerrate, nor do I say this for humorous effect: Of all the Python programmers I have known, not one could explain why they like the language without first defining it in terms of some feature of Perl that they did not like. I know no Python programmers on a personal level who are not in fact disgruntled ex-Perl-programmers.
--rjray
Re:Python
pudge on 2002-03-15T23:42:44
Maybe THAT'S Rindolf's target audience!Re:Python
gnat on 2002-03-16T00:09:43
You say that like it's a bad thing. We can't define Perl 6 without saying it's "like Perl 5 but not Perl 5". There's nothing wrong with trying to do better.There's a famous quote of Larry's along the lines of "it's like sed, but better. Like awk, but better. Like shell, but better. Like C, but better.
...." --Nat
Re:Python
ziggy on 2002-03-16T03:58:03
Um, it's like Perl5, but the outdated ideas that go back to Perl1 are out the window.You say that like it's a bad thing. We can't define Perl 6 without saying it's "like Perl 5 but not Perl 5".I have to agree with torgox. A few pythonistas describe Python in terms of it's merits. A large number of them describe python as a cool language that doesn't have Perl's deficiencies. That's like describing a Volvo as not having the Edsel's push-button steering, nor the Pinto's exploding gas tank, nor the Audi's acceleration while still in park -- but omitting the boxy-but-safe styling and engineering that goes into a Volvo.
Re:Python
jdavidb on 2002-03-18T05:34:19
cool language that doesn't have Perl's deficiencies.
And yet, the Python module system is so ad-hoc. Or it was, last I looked. They didn't think CPAN was a deficiency, did they?
Re:Python
jdavidb on 2002-03-18T05:35:52
By the way, that's not meant as a flame against Python. I'm just looking for a utopian module system. I'm starting to think it's a lot like C shared libraries, CPAN, CPAN.pm, and apt-get. Only without the deficiencies.
