On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 09:20 -0200, Carlos Ribeiro wrote: > BTW, I would move away from the "fast enough" when talking about > performance. It's difficult to qualify what is "enough" in marketing > terms; also, a selling/winning message can't be seen as taking excuses > for any reason. On the other hand, Python never claims to be the > fastest language on raw execution performance, but only to be fast; > but in this sense, being "fast enough" is the same as being "fast". > So, I would never say, "Python allows you to write fast enough code in > a short time"; I would say "Python allows you to write fast code in a > short time". Leave the "fast enough" out of this, please.
I totally agree. Personally, the first thing I think of when I see "enough" is "640k aught to be enough for anybody" (quote from you-know-who), like you are defining the needs of the user. Promote the strong sides, don't excuse the weak ones. "Fast enough" is not a positive marketing term, it's an excuse for a problem which I fail to see in Python. Hardware cost is way lower than programmer cost - I am convinced that in most cases the total expence is lower for a Python solution compared to an equal performing C, C++, C# or Java solution. -- Eirik Mikkelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
