Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > You mean like 'converting' javascript to python or python to ruby (or > converting any home-grown DSL to Python, etc) ?
Yes, but also what some other posters mentioned, making Pythons internal parsing tree available to other programs (and to Python itself) by using a widely used standard like XML as its datatype. >> Then there are some people who keep insisting they don't understand what >> I'm talking about until I simplify things enough to get them on-board, > > count me in then :( Sorry about that. >> but then simply dismiss my ideas with 'you can already do that easily >> with this standard python construct'. This strategy was also eloquently >> refuted by some other poster, so I don't need to repeat it :-) >> >> I've gotten a lot of things to think about, so thanks all for your >> thoughts, but since this is getting way above my head I'll just wimp out >> and leave the rest of the thread to the experts! > > No way you will escape from your responsabilities so easily !-) Ok, count me back in then too :-) Of course I will be available for further discussion. If more than ten people demand a PEP and no better champion is available (very unlikely) I'll even write a proposal. Anton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list