Can of worms, opened. On Jun 4, 2014 7:20 AM, "Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Paul Sokolovsky <pmis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > An alternative view is that the discussion on the tracker showed Python > > developers' mind-fixation on implementing something the way CPython does > > it. And I didn't yet go to that argument, but in the end, MicroPython > > does not try to rewrite CPython or compete with it. So, having few > > choices with pros and cons leading approximately to the tie among them, > > it's the least productive to make the same choice as CPython did. > > I'm not a CPython dev, nor a Python dev, and I don't think any of the > big names of CPython or Python has showed up on that tracker as yet. > But why is "be different from CPython" such a valuable choice? CPython > works. It's had many hours of dev time put into it. Problems have been > identified and avoided. Throwing that out means throwing away a > freely-given shoulder to stand on, in an Isaac Newton way. > > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html > > ChrisA > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/dholth%40gmail.com >
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