On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> https://glyph.twistedmatrix.com/2015/09/software-you-can-use.html >> >> "Python has a big problem. While it’s easy and fun to produce software >> in Python, it’s hard to produce software that people - especially >> laypeople who are not professional software developers - can use." >> >> Seems to reflect issues that come up regarding Leo > > > Well, I'm neither impressed with nor depressed by this post ;-) > > As so often happens on the net, the post overstates the problems and > understates the available resources. > > "py2exe, on the other hand, only supports Python 3.3+, and so is unusable > with a lot of important python libraries." > > This statement understates/misstates a fundamental fact about Python, namely > that Python 3 is the plan for the future. If a solution to a problem exists > in Python 3, then according to Guido, that solution is, almost by > definition, good enough. Yes, we may have to wait, but we will have to have > to wait for any other solution as well. > > Furthermore, the post overstates the problem. For example, IPython is > wildly successful in the scientific world. IPython users are scientists, > not "devs", and yet this doesn't cause great problems. > > In short, the post is misleading. Finally, a statement such as: > > "it is honestly easier to learn an entirely new programming language and > toolchain, and rewrite an entire application than to figure out how to build > a self-contained executable in Python right now." > > > is, um, unconvincing. Rewriting an app in another language is unlikely ever > to be a viable approach.
urm, so why isn't Leo still in C++ ? <ducks> :-] The OP pleads that "he doesn't have time" to solve > the distro problem. But he has time to rewrite an app in another language? > My bullshit alarm just went off. > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
