On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Arc Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 1. You wrote: "Cython was founded with the primary goal of remaining >> compatible with Pyrex." > > Primary may be a misnomer, but it is listed in your faq. If you are > changing your mind on this, it may be something to edit. IMHO, it > would be a good move at this juncture.
I just read our FAQ and it does not say that. The closest I got was "It usually follows in compatibility once Pyrex implements a comparable feature, though." >> This is total FUD. The Cython developers (1) in no way have that >> goal, and (2) are certainly not "at Greg's mercy". > > FUD implies that I'm intentionally trying to spread Fear, Uncertainty, > and Doubt. > > And the latter is true if you wish to remain Pyrex compatible. It's > true whenever you provide compatibility with something, whenever Greg > decides to change the language you'll need to support his changes. We definitely have made no commitment to do that, haven't said we will, and historically haven't done that in a rigid manner. That said Robert and Stefan have put a lot of effort into merging most of the great work Greg does on Pyrex into Cython. >> 3. "build the main mill [cython/pyrex fork] package >> from scratch > > your added [] is inconsistent with that sentence - mill cannot be a > fork if it is being written from scratch. I wrote "fork" because that's exactly how you describe PyMill on the Pymill trac server page: http://pysoy.org:8000/ That page disappeared so I can't paste from it. > You seem to like the word FUD, however, you are misusing it. > > FUD is something that sleezy marketing types conjure up intentionally > to mislead the public into not buying a product. If you look at the It's FUD about the Cython and Pyrex projects. Anyway, I have the impression you thrive on attention so I'm not going to bother with this further. -- William -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
