On Nov 27, 8:01 pm, r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 27, 7:40 pm, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > r wrote: > > > On Nov 27, 6:15 pm, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> r wrote: > > >>> Hello fellow Python Advocates! > > >>> Help me promote Python to a larger audience. > > >>> An introduction to SketchUp: > > >>> ==================== > > >> There is no need to puff up Python or put down Ruby to this audience. > > >> Given how much Google uses Python as a core language, I am a bit shocked > > >> that they would release a program with Ruby and not Python bindings > > >> also. Must be an isolated dev group. > > > thanks Terry, > > > If you read the complete post though > > > I did > > > > you will see that i am not trying to dog Ruby, > > > You fooled me. But rather than discuss what you did write, here is what > > I think you should have written that would be more effective. > > > ----------------------------- > > Google has released a program SketchUp in both free and pro editions. > > It does ... and I think it is great. It nicely complements Blender, for > > instance. see > > sketchup.google.com <you forget to give url> > > > For me, however, it has one problem; the only scripting language now is > > Ruby and I would far prefer to sript it in Python. Are there any Python > > and Sketchup user who agree and who would help me persuade the sketchup > > developers to add Python? Does anyone have any persuasive arguments to > > suggest? > > ------------ > > Short and to the point. > > Thanks again Terry, > I will apologize for being too wordy, and my unintentional rough-ness > towards Ruby. Again i stress the fact that i am in no way dogging > Ruby. I am sure there are many places where Ruby out performs Python. > But IMHO i really believe that Python is easier to learn than Ruby(for > non-programmers). I quickly picked up on python and even C, but Ruby > still turns me off. (did i mention Ruby was the first language i > tried!) This is not ruby's fault, ruby may be geared more to a > proffessional programmer, which i am not. I just see that python is > perfect for scripting applications(from my point of veiw). I just > simply want to introduce others to the joy i get from using python. > And since SketchUp is for modelers NOT programmers, this may be just > what they need. > Thanks i respect everyones opinion here. Even Chris's opinion!
Well... 3 for Ruby 1 for python. Not looking good so far. Any more votes? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
