On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:15:19PM +0800, Migs Paraz wrote (wyy sez): > On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 06:24:35PM +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote: > > Neat! I wonder, though, why Python is in the list of web application > > development languages when in reality it's a general-purpose programming > > language, > > Perhaps due to the association with ZOPE? > this is certainly why. i do not really know python that much. i simply added it because of all butch's(very effective and interesting) sales talk.
however, i never really looked into the language so i cannot really say anything about it. also, in the other papers and sources i used for this talk python was not really mentioned. (at least, not yet) > > and has a place (IMHO) at least in systems/network glue coding, > > and perhaps even in large scale and complex applications. > > Let us recruit more pythonistas ;) > (upm.edu.ph seems to be down now, though) > hehehe. i learning the joys of kdevelop! BEAUTIFUL and uses the GNU development tool chains and CVS. amazing! however, my kdevelop here seems to be broken. i think it is time for me to do a reinstall. hmmmm. nah! i am using a RedHat 7.2 system here in the dorm and boy has KDE 2.2 gone a long way. i even saw some snapshots of KDE 3.0 and wow! kdevelop is also cool since it is not limited to developing KDE/QT apps. it can also be used for GNOME apps (like glade), command-line apps and even knoqueror plug-ins. ubercoolness! > > And IMHO Python is a -VERY- good introductory programming language, for CS > > majors and non-CS majors. I'm enjoying it very much. :) > > Shall we add the functional programming features? > hahaha. just use haskell and bust your brains out. hahaha. > > Also, about the Collaborative Development Tools section: what do you guys > > think of Savannah <http://savannah.gnu.org/>, the alternative to > > SourceForge(tm)? Eric Pareja's been mentioning this in chat recently, so I > > just thought I'd mention it here. > > I think most Pinoys are just Savannah or Sourceforge members just to > download sources or join mailing lists. Is anyone here active in any > project? > hmmm. have not heard of that yet will check it out. > > > also take note that you still have to release the code in source format. > > > once you "sell" the said software. > > > > But you -can- sell it, right? It's just that you have to sell it complete > > with the source code. And of course whoever you sold it to can sell it > > again and not give any royalties to you, which I think really makes this > > "selling" instead of just selling. > > Well, that's if you treat the software as a fixed product. > Now, if you see it as a means to deliver services, or solve business > problems, then the sale goes on even if the software is given away. > ;-) -------------------------------------- William Emmanuel S. Yu Ateneo Cervini-Eliazo Networks (ACENT) email : william.s.yu at ieee dot org web : http://cersa.admu.edu.ph phone : 63(2)4266001-5925/5904 GPG : http://sysads.ateneo.net/wyu/wyy.pgp War spares not the brave, but the cowardly. -- Anacreon
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