On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 09:20 -0200, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:
BTW, I would move away from the fast enough when talking about
performance. It's difficult to qualify what is enough in marketing
terms; also, a selling/winning message can't be seen as taking excuses
for any reason. On the other hand, Python never claims to be the
fastest language on raw execution performance, but only to be fast;
but in this sense, being fast enough is the same as being fast.
So, I would never say, Python allows you to write fast enough code in
a short time; I would say Python allows you to write fast code in a
short time. Leave the fast enough out of this, please.
I totally agree. Personally, the first thing I think of when I see
enough is 640k aught to be enough for anybody (quote from
you-know-who), like you are defining the needs of the user. Promote the
strong sides, don't excuse the weak ones. Fast enough is not a
positive marketing term, it's an excuse for a problem which I fail to
see in Python. Hardware cost is way lower than programmer cost - I am
convinced that in most cases the total expence is lower for a Python
solution compared to an equal performing C, C++, C# or Java solution.
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Eirik Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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