Jeff, thank you very much for your feedback. I'm eager to see that list you mentioned, hopefully with testimonials.
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012, at 08:44 AM, Jeff Hardy wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:29 AM, <cold_fus...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > I wasn't aware that MS bailed on the Irons (back at 2010) until a few > > days ago, this will probably hurt my arguments, let alone other chatter > > on the web saying that nobody uses these languages aside from the former > > teams at MS. > > That's not true; I have a decent list of other users that I really > need to publish soon. Figure ~20 companies, a few open source > projects, etc. > > > > > For now, the most compelling argument to use IPy over C# is convenience > > (not having to compile and distribute), although at the cost of few > > other people learning to use it. > > More people learning Python is never bad a thing, in my books :) > > > > > I know static compilation is over rated, but some think it’s very > > important, sadly I don’t remember being able to run > > PyChecker/PyLint/PyFlakes with IronPython, and since it’s going be using > > a lot of .net libraries I don’t see how I can use CPython to run those. > > The Python static analysis tools should still give you decent > information, even when run under CPYthon - PyFlakes, at least, > shouldn't be tripped up by IronPython-specific code. Heck, if you > reimplemented the .NET BCL in Python, any IronPython code should just > work on CPython as well. > > I'm not familiar with what pylint and pychecker do, so I can't comment on > them. > > > > > Lastly, I’m concerned about future support, again for what I’ve managed > > to gather in the last few days. > > That's definitely an issue, but it's true of any open-source project > run entirely by volunteers. All I can say is I don't plan on going > anywhere for a while. > > > > > Can anyone please enlighten me on any of my points? > > Hopefully that helps a little. Sorry for taking so long to get back to > you; your message slipped by when it first came in. > > - Jeff > -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin _______________________________________________ Ironpython-users mailing list Ironpython-users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ironpython-users
