On 3/27/07, Michael Tobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is also plain to see that self-directed web-centric beginners are > more likely to gravitate to Javascript, Actionscript/Flash or PHP. > > What are the roots of these choices? Should we be concerned about > them? If so, is there anything we can and should realistically do > about them? > > mt
I think Python thrives best in a diverse ecosystem of languages. After all, if it's to serve as a "glue language", there need to be languages to glue to besides Python. You mention PHP, but don't forget about Plone. We've gone far beyond the cgi days, where primitive Python works well, to more ideas about stuffing ZODBs with Objects that have all these view-related aspects -- strong model-view-controller designworks. We don't begrude students forking off or coming to Python from disparate projects, perhaps anchored in some other world (Smalltalk even). In a Croquet type world, it'll be good to have a conversation, ala IDLE, ala PyCrust, with our interpreter now and then, whatever the underlying bytecode system. Lists, dictionaries, top level functions and objects, a concise model of the OO paradigm... __rib__ syntax. Nevermind this is a glassy semi-transparent panel in some Alice in Wonderland scenario. Python is Python, be it in C, Java, C# or whatever. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
