On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:23:43 -0400, rumours say that rbt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
>Are there any plans in the near future to support PDF files in Python as > thoroughly and completely as Perl does? Before we let you know about our plans, what are *your* plans on this subject? :) [0] >http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/search?query=pdf&mode=dist >I love Python's clean syntax and ease of use, etc. But on some things >(PDF for example) as barbaric as Perl's syntax is, it does outshine >Python... I hate having to use Perl just to deal with PDF files. There are two issues here: a) a language, b) its library. You imply that the Perl syntax outshines Python's because it has _more thorough and complete support for PDF_, as you say. I don't see a connection, but rather I see a lure to provoke answers, which doesn't always work for you. For example, my reply would be more helpful and to the point if that reasoning was missing from your post. >What do others do??? Search google perhaps? Why do you feel that the first result of the query "python pdf" does not help you? [0] there's an ancient myth about a peasant's cart getting stuck in the mud, so the peasant starts calling out for help from goddess Athena. Another peasant passing by tells him: "Syn Athena kai kheira kinei", which means, more or less, "keep on calling Athena, but start also using your hands." I don't know any related myth of anglo-saxon origin to quote. -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958) I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list