On Nov 26, 8:19 pm, "Tim Rowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/26 fel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > how can I convince them that Python is better > > You can't, because it isn't.
you are right, it isn't, but for the particular task at hand (DB Sybase programming) I feel somehow that the team isn't moving fast enough, perhaps the Language is the problem? the team doesn't know much about java, and altough IDEs help, I see litle or no advancement and time is running short. I believe Python is the answer, I saw an app called Bado (look it up), and as I saw the guy that wrote all the stuff make screen casts to show it off, I tought to myself, "the reason he did all of this, is because HE COULD", the language dodn't get in the way, it was simple and consice, just as I remember it) so why not ditch java and give it a try? I think I need a page with 100 reasons why Python is better than Java ( it is, or at least, it MUST be) and if it isn't , we cana lways improve it (in java that's a no go) > > I'd better explain that, before I'm lynched. The thing is, no language > is better than another language. A language is better than another > language *for a particular purpose*. SPARK Ada is better than Python > for safety-critical software (if only because it's easier to get > regulatory approval). INTERCAL is better than Python for > obfustication. Before you try to convert them to Python, you need to > find out all the reasons for the existing language choice and work out > whether Python actually /would/ be better. If you can do that, in the > process you will have gathered the evidence you need. that's a lot of bytes for "do your own homework" but thanks, I'll do it. > If you can't do > that, why are you assuming that Python will be better? > > -- > Tim Rowe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
