On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 20:03 -0800, Ross Werner wrote: > I see it as being the difference between object-oriented programming and > procedural program. If you're in a procedural world, you're going to be > dominated by verbs. If you're in an object-oriented world, you're going to > be dominated by nouns. Ends up being a matter of taste, IMO. But I doubt > you could find an object-oriented language that couldn't have most of the > same said about it (except for the verbosity ... Java is *definitely* > verbose, and again, non disputandum ... I for some strange reason happen > to like it).
Python has an extensive library that contains a lot object-oriented stuff. And python libraries are not quite that bad. The closest is Twisted, which does have a lot of static factory objects. That's one thing I do like about python. It's object-oriented through and through, but because it supports what C# would call delegates (all things are objects, even functions and anonymous functions), you can use a procedural style as well as mix in object-oriented paradigms as the need arises. I'm not restricted in any way to one paradigm or the other. No need for static classes that wrap one or two static functions. No need to have special listener classes to receive events. Python's biggest weakness for me is the type inference. It works great except when you're presented with a function about which you know nothing (and say there's no doctag): def myfunc(file,size,etc) So what is a file anyway? Size is probably a number, likely an integer. But there's no way to know except look at what someone else has done or just try and see what exceptions you get. Duck typing works good for the runtime, but not for the programmer who's just importing your library. I've found myself having to dig through the source code for various modules to see exactly what the function or method is expected. > > ~ Ross > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
